On March 19, the Arizona House Elections Committee passed SB 1154 by 6-4. This is the bill that moves the non-presidential primary from late August to early August. It also moves the petition for a newly-qualifying party from February of … Continue reading
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On March 19, the Arkansas House passed SB 445, which moves all primaries in presidential years from May to March. It also moves the petition deadline for newly-qualifying parties from January of the election year, to October of the year … Continue reading
On March 19, the California Senate Elections Committee passed SB 27. This is the bill to require presidential candidates in primaries to reveal the last five years of their income tax returns. It does not apply to write-in candidates, and … Continue reading
On March 18, the U.S. Supreme Court heard a racial gerrymandering case involving Virginia legislative districts. Virginia House of Delegates v Bethune-Hill. The plaintiffs had won in the lower court. Here is the New York Times story about the hearing, … Continue reading
On March 14, the Georgia legislature passed HB 316, which retains the existing touchscreen vote-counting machines, but which adds printers to each machine, to print out each voter’s choices. The voter is expected to look at his or her printed … Continue reading