The Washington Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections will hold a hearing on Thursday, February 19, on SB 5681. That is the Secretary of State’s bill changing the definition of qualified party from one that polled 5% for a … Continue reading
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The Washington Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections will hold a hearing on Thursday, February 19, on SB 5681. That is the Secretary of State’s bill changing the definition of qualified party from one that polled 5% for a … Continue reading
Joseph Hall’s blog has this interesting description of how California will choose the citizens who will draw state legislative districts after the 2010 census. The procedure gives a meaningful role to voters who are registered outside of the Democratic and … Continue reading
The U.S. Senate will vote on S160 on Monday, February 23. This is the bill to expand the size of the U.S. House permanently, by two seats. In the short run, D.C. would get one of the seats and Utah … Continue reading
West Virginia has always elected members of its highest state court on a partisan basis. That court is called the State Supreme Court of Appeals. Senators Evan Jenkins (D-Huntington) and Frank Deem (R-Vienna) have introduced SB 136, to change elections … Continue reading