On March 25, the Georgia House passed SB 202, which changes many election laws. One of the changes is that overseas absentee voters would use ranked choice voting. This makes it possible for the state to hold general election runoffs … Continue reading
This Sacramento Bee story says that the current California gubernatorial recall petition would have failed, except that last year a state trial court granted more time to collect the signatures. However, it wasn’t surprising that the recall proponents won the … Continue reading
On March 2, the Montana State Senate passed SB 350. It curtails the means used in 2020 to keep the Green Party off the ballot. Specifically, it says that if voters wish to withdraw their names from a petition to … Continue reading
On March 18, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed SB 1148. It moves the non-presidential primary from the second week in June to the third week in June. Because the petition deadline for non-presidential independent candidates and the nominees of unqualified … Continue reading
On March 24, a subcommittee of the South Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee passed HB 3262. This is the bill to require candidates seeking the nomination of a party that nominates by convention to pay a filing fee. … Continue reading
