On the evening of February 7, the leaders of each house of the New York legislature introduced identical bills changing the date of special elections. Senator Andrew Stewart-Cousins introduced S4588, and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie introduced A4881. Current law says … Continue reading
On February 10, U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Laplante, a Bush Jr. appointee, issued a preliminary injunction against President Trump’s birthright citizenship directive. New Hampshire Indonesian Community Support v Trump, 1:25cv-38. The order is only two pages. Here is the … Continue reading
On February 4, the Arizona House unanimously passed HB 2045, which changes the order of candidates on general election ballots. Current law puts the nominees of the party that polled the most votes for Governor first on the ballot. The … Continue reading
Alaska Representative Dan Saddler (R-Eagle River) has introduced HB 4, to restore write-in space for president on November ballots. Alaska had always had write-in space for president until 2024 when it was removed by the bill that set up ranked … Continue reading
On February 6, the Wyoming Senate passed SF 98, which says that the party membership of candidates for local School Board races should be printed on ballots. However, there is no provision for parties to choose nominees for those races, … Continue reading
