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On March 19, the Alabama House passed HB 541, which changes Alabama primaries from open to closed. The vote was 69-32. Now the bill moves to the Senate. … Continue reading
Richard Winger
On March 17, the Hawaii Senate Judiciary Committee passed HB 1716. The bill had already passed the House. It says that a party that has been ballot-qualified at least eight years may remain on the ballot indefinitely as long as … Continue reading
On March 18, the Michigan Senate passed SB 697, which lowers the number of signatures for statewide independent candidates from 30,000 to 15,000. The old requirement had been declared unconstitutional several years ago, so in the meantime, the court had … Continue reading
According to this story, Antonio Villaraigosa, who has been excluded from the California gubernatorial debate of March 24, will sue the debate organizers if the organizers don’t expand the list of invited candidates. Villaraigosa is a former Speaker of the … Continue reading
On March 17, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed SB 63, the bill that prohibits any local government from using Ranked Choice Voting for elections for its own officers.