This newspaper story says many candidates in New York city primaries must defend their petitions against challenges, which is normal in New York. Some had optimistically believed that petition challenges would go out of favor during the health crisis, but … Continue reading
On April 1, the Nevada Senate Legislative Operations and Elections Committee heard testimony on SB 292, the bill to double the petition requirement for new parties and to add a severe distribution requirement. The sponsor is Senator Roberta Lange, a … Continue reading
On March 26, the Maine Joint Veterans & Legal Affairs Committee passed LD 202. It would amend the state constitution to allow ranked choice voting to be used for general elections for state office. Currently it is used for federal … Continue reading
On March 30, Massachusetts held a special election to fill the vacancy in the State House seat, Suffolk 19 district. The results: Democrat Jeffrey Turco 1,861; independent candidate Richard Fucillo 473; Republican Paul Garuccio 466. When this seat had been … Continue reading
Maine Representative Ryan Justin Fecteau (R-Augusta) has introduced LD 1061. It lowers the number of registered members for a new party to attain “qualified party” status from 5,000 to 2,500 registered members. It also says that when a party is … Continue reading
