West Virginia Senator Jeff “Bubblegum” Mullins has introduced SB 33. It moves all West Virginia primaries from May to the 2nd Friday in February, in midterm years as well as presidential years. Currently, congressional primaries range from March to September. … Continue reading
Utah Representative Brian Greene has amended HB 22, a bill to regulate petitioning for primary candidates. Unlike an earlier version of the bill, it no longer requires circulators to be registered voters, and it no longer bans paying circulators. The … Continue reading
Political scientists Boris Shor and Nolan McCarty regularly track polarization in each state’s legislature. Their latest data, from legislative sessions of 2015-2016, shows that California continues to have the nation’s most polarized legislature. See the results here for each state. … Continue reading
According to this story, Cheri Honkala, the Green Party nominee for State Representative in the upcoming special election, Pennsylvania district 197, missed the deadline to file by one day. Because the Green Party polled over 2% of the winning candidate’s … Continue reading
Bills are pending in 17 states to bar presidential candidates from the ballot unless they release their income tax returns. This Philadelphia Inquirer story focuses on the New Jersey bill, but gives information about the bills in other states as … Continue reading
