According to this article, the organization called Openly Secular (www.openlysecular.org) hopes to persuade eight states to remove provisions from their State Constitutions that forbid non-believers from holding state office. All the states are southern states, except for Maryland. The laws … Continue reading
On March 11, the West Virginia legislature gave final approval to SB 249, which abolishes the straight ticket device. On March 16 the bill was sent to the Governor.
On March 18, the Arkansas Senate State Agencies & Governmental Affairs Committee passed SB 803 unanimously. Current Arkansas law says no one can run for two offices simultaneously in a primary. The bill would provide that someone can run for … Continue reading
On March 17, California held an election to fill three vacant State Senate seats. In the 37th district, in Orange County, three Republicans were on the ballot, and the ballot had write-in space. Even though this was the only office … Continue reading
The 18th U.S. House district in Illinois will soon be vacant. See this story, which says that a special election must be held in July, if not before. Under a 2013 U.S. District Court decision, Jones v McGuffage, Illinois cannot … Continue reading
