State legislators in 2011 are likely to consider bills in some states to move, or in some cases, to abolish presidential primaries. Florida law currently requires a January presidential primary, but the two major parties don’t recognize the results. See … Continue reading
Briefs filed with the Alaska Supreme Court in Miller v Treadwell reveal that 1,553 voters in the Alaska U.S. Senate race wrote in “Lisa Murkowski” but didn’t fill in the oval next to the name written in. The Alaska Elections … Continue reading
Briefs filed with the Alaska Supreme Court in Miller v Treadwell reveal that 1,553 voters in the Alaska U.S. Senate race wrote in “Lisa Murkowski” but didn’t fill in the oval next to the name written in. The Alaska Elections … Continue reading
On December 14, Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp announced that he had appointed sixteen members to his new Elections Advisory Council. Among them are Georgia’s only independent state legislator, Representative Rusty Kidd, and Professor David Shock, the Secretary of … Continue reading
Oklahoma Representative Charles Key will again introduce a bill to lower the number of signatures for a party to appear on the ballot. In the 2009 session, the Keys bill passed both houses of the legislature, but because each house … Continue reading
