On the evening of January 17, the Kansas Senate passed HB 2017 unanimously. It improves ballot access in special U.S. House elections. It lowers the number of signatures for an independent from 4% of the number of registered voters (approximately … Continue reading
On January 17, the Virginia Senate Privileges & Elections Committee passed SB 1236, which lowers the number of signatures for statewide candidates in both the primary and the general election from 10,000 signatures to 5,000. The vote was 5-4, with … Continue reading
On January 17, attorneys for the state of Hawaii filed this brief in Democratic Party of Hawaii v Nago, 16-652. The Democratic Party of Hawaii does not want to be forced to nominate its candidates in an open primary, because … Continue reading
A lawsuit is currently pending in U.S. District Court in Colorado over the law that requires presidential electors to vote in the electoral college for the candidate who received the most popular votes in Colorado. It had been filed last … Continue reading
On January 17, the Oklahoma State Election Board posted new voter registration data. The new percentages are: Republican 45.76%; Democratic 39.43%; Libertarian .18%; independent and miscellaneous 14.62%. See the data here. The percentages just prior to the November 2016 election … Continue reading
