On June 17, the Louisiana Committee on the Senate & Governmental Affairs passed SB 509 by a 5-4 vote. This is the bill that moves the presidential primary from February to March. It had appeared defeated earlier this week. The … Continue reading
On June 16, the Delaware Senate unanimously passed SB 118, which relaxes somewhat restrictions on the the ability of voters to change parties. Current law says voters may not change their party registration between November 1 of the year before … Continue reading
On June 16, the Arkansas Secretary of State determined that the Libertarian Party petition for party status has enough valid signatures. The party had submitted 16,000 to meet a requirement of 10,000. The validity rate was approximately 75%. Before 1971, … Continue reading
Americans Elect has collected more than 1,000,000 signatures on its petition to qualify as a party in California. The party’s national web page does not tell how many signatures it has collected in any particular state. However, as of June … Continue reading
On June 15, the Louisiana Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee passed HB 533. This is the Secretary of State’s omnibus election law bill. Among other things, it lets independent candidates choose the label “independent” on the ballot. Current law puts … Continue reading
