The New Hampshire Senate Committee that handles election law bills has approved SB 114, which bans fusion. It adds a sentence to the election law saying a candidate may only accept the nomination of one party. Fusion in New Hampshire … Continue reading
Illinois State Senator Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) has introduced SB 780, to use Instant Runoff Voting for all state office. Here is the text. Thanks to Electionline for this news. … Continue reading
As already noted, attorneys for the state of Georgia recently asked the full Eleventh Circuit to rehear the original panel’s decision. The original panel had voted on February 1, 2017, that Georgia may not require approximately 50,000 signatures for an … Continue reading
On February 22, Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy endorsed the National Popular Vote Plan. This makes it very likely that one of the Connecticut NPV bills will pass. Both houses of the Connecticut legislature have Democratic majorities, and Governor Malloy … Continue reading
Currently, qualified parties in New Hampshire decide for themselves whether to let independent voters vote in their primaries. On February 22, the House Election Law Committee defeated HB 642. It would have mandated that all New Hampshire primaries be closed, … Continue reading
