Every member of the Montgomery County, Maryland legislative delegation is sponsoring HB 624. This is a bill to let Montgomery County use ranked choice voting for its own officers. The bill has a hearing in the House Ways & Means … Continue reading
The Iowa Democratic Party has drawn up a plan that converts its presidential caucus to something that is more like a presidential primary. Votes could be tallied even if the individual party member is unable to physically attend. Thanks to … Continue reading
Oklahoma Representative Sean Roberts (R-Hominy) has a bill pending that moves the deadline for candidates to file in a primary from April to January. He has recently amended his bill, HB 2338, to provide that candidates may file in the … Continue reading
Arkansas SB 163 will receive a vote on the House floor on Wednesday, February 13. This is the bill that increases the petition requirement for newly-qualifying parties from 10,000 signatures to 3% of the last gubernatorial vote, which would be … Continue reading
On February 8, U.S. District Court Judge J. Michele Childs, an Obama appointee, dismissed the lawsuit Heindel v Andino, 3:18cv-1887. The case challenged South Carolina’s use of iVotronic vote-counting machines. The plaintiffs argued that the system is unreliable and would … Continue reading
