On January 23, the Washington state House Committee on State Government, Elections and Information Technology passed HB 1469. It moves the presidential primary from May to March. Now the bill goes to the House Rules Committee. Thanks to Jim Riley … Continue reading
New Mexico elects a statewide partisan office called Land Commissioner, in midterm years. The incumbent Republican Land Commissioner, Aubrey Dunn, has just announced that he has switched his registration from Republican to Libertarian. See this story. Thanks to Rick Lass … Continue reading
The daily newspaper of Little Rock, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, has this article about the recent ruling striking down the March petition deadline for independent candidate petitions in Arkansas. … Continue reading
On January 26, Pennsylvania asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the decision of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, involving U.S. House district boundaries. On January 22 the Pennsylvania Supreme Court had invalidated the state’s U.S. House district boundaries for violating … Continue reading
Two New Mexico State Senators, a Democrat and a Republican, have introduced SB 178. It would eliminate primaries for Lieutenant Governor. Instead, parties entitled to a primary could either have a bylaw saying the gubernatorial nominee could choose a Lieutenant … Continue reading
