The North Carolina House will vote on SB 656, the ballot access bill, on Monday, June 26. If it passes, it must then return to the Senate for concurrence in House amendments. It lowers the number of signatures for a … Continue reading
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On June 21, the Maine Senate tabled LD 1625, the bill to repeal the Ranked Choice Voting initiative passed by the voters in November 2016. The Senate also gave preliminary approval to LD 1624, which would begin the process of … Continue reading
The New York legislature adjourned on the evening of June 21. Although 222 bills to amend the election law had been introduced this year, none of them passed (many of these bills are duplicates of other bills). Bills that would … Continue reading
The Maine House passed LD 31 on June 16. This is the bill that would amend the state constitution to provide that statewide initiatives need signatures of 10% of the last gubernatorial vote in each of the two U.S. House … Continue reading
On June 21, the Maine legislature decided not to adjourn on June 21, which had been the original plan. Instead it will adjourn June 26. That gives it more time to settle the budget and also to decide what to … Continue reading