Wisconsin Democrats, and labor officials, say they will be delivering over 1,000,000 signatures on a petition to recall Governor Scott Walker, and 845,000 signatures on another petition to recall Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch, on the afternoon of January 17. The … Continue reading
Nebraska State Senator Bill Avery has introduced LB 757, to change the definition of “political party”. Current law says it is a group that polled 5% for any statewide office at the last election. The bill would change this so … Continue reading
U.S. Senator John Cornyn of Texas recently predicted that Texas may need to postpone its April 3 primary to a later date. See this story. Any further postponement will require the state to revise its procedures for independent presidential candidates, … Continue reading
Many election law bills have been introduced in the new Virginia legislative session, but there seem to be no bills to ease ballot access, unless one counts the two bills already mentioned to permit write-ins in primaries. But there is … Continue reading
Currently, West Virginia defines “political party” to be a group that polled at least 1% for Governor in the last election. Two bills have been introduced in the 2012 session to expand this definition. HB 3248, by Delegate Mike Manypenny … Continue reading
