On March 29, Nebraska LB 34 passed the State Senate unanimously. Nebraska requires all bills to go through several floor votes, so the bill isn’t entirely through the legislative process yet. But the fact that it passed unanimously certainly indicates … Continue reading
Florida State Senator Audrey Gibson (D-Jacksonville) has introduced SB 366. It converts elections for State Attorney and Public Defender from partisan to non-partisan elections. … Continue reading
On January 5, 2017, California Assemblyman Kevin Mullin introduced AB 84, to move the primary (for all office) in presidential years from June to early March. On March 21, he amended the bill so that it is now more specific. … Continue reading
On March 28, the Tennessee House Subcommittee on Local Government passed HB 662. It lowers the number of signatures for a newly-qualifying party from 2.5% of the last gubernatorial vote (33,816 signatures) to exactly 5,000. The bill was amended to … Continue reading
This Salon story seems to indicate that backers of a California initiative to split the state into two states have enough funds to get their idea on the 2018 ballot. … Continue reading
