On June 16, the Maine House passed LD 31 by 107-36. It amends the State Constitution to add a U.S. House distribution requirement for statewide initiative petitions. Currently initiatives need a petition of 10% of the last gubernatorial vote, but … Continue reading
Independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin launched his candidacy on August 8, 2016. He got on the ballot in eleven states. In those eleven states, he received 510,002 votes, and the total presidential vote in those eleven states was 21,004,501. Therefore, … Continue reading
On June 15, the California Assembly passed SB 96 by 52-27. It makes it more difficult for recall petitions to succeed, by letting signers remove their names after the petition drive is over. Later the same day the Senate concurred … Continue reading
The Utah Green Party is mostly finished with its party petition, and expects to submit the petition during July. This will be the first time the Green Party has been a qualified party in Utah since 2012. Only one statewide … Continue reading
On May 23, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed SB 44. It makes two somewhat unrelated changes. It restores the old requirement that judicial candidates, seeking a place on a statewide primary ballot, need 950 signatures even if they pay the … Continue reading
