U.S. House member Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) has introduced HR 453, to require states to use “bipartisan” commissions to draw U.S. House district boundaries. The text of the bill is not yet available, but the press release says the bill requires … Continue reading
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Two bills are pending in the New York legislature to decrease the number of signatures needed for petitions. Assemblymember Barbara Clark (D-Queens) is the lead author of both bills. A2939 would cut the number of signatures in half for all … Continue reading
On January 26, the U.S. House of Representatives voted by a margin of 239 to 160 to suspend the presidential public funding program. The bill is HR 359. Although press reports say the bill repeals the program, technically the bill … Continue reading
Tennessee State Senator Stacey Campfield (R-Knoxville) has introduced SB 129, which has two purposes. It lowers the number of signatures to qualify a new or previously unqualified party, from 2.5% of the last gubernatorial vote, to 1% of the last … Continue reading
Maine Representative Ben Chipman (I-Portland) has introduced LD 142, to remove the requirement that a qualified party, or a group attempting to qualify as a political party, must hold a municipal caucus in at least one town in each county … Continue reading