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According to this story, it is likely that the Florida legislature will pass a bill setting a mid-March presidential primary. In 2012, the Florida presidential primary was January 31. … Continue reading
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New York Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh (D-Manhattan) has introduced AB 3389, to require better designed ballots. Here is information about the bill. It is not easy to read the bill summary or the bill itself and completely understand what it would … Continue reading
The Atlantic Monthly has this article by Noah Gordon, which explains proportional representation and suggests that the United States would benefit from trying it out. Thanks to Green Party Watch for the link. … Continue reading
On February 18, Pennsylvania State Senator Mike Folmer re-introduced his ballot access bill, SB 495. It cuts the number of signatures for independent candidates from 2% of the winning candidate’s vote in the last election to the smaller numbers that … Continue reading
Alaska Representatives Max Gruenberg (D-Anchorage) and Scott Kawasaki (D-Fairbanks) have introduced HB 17, to establish a top-two system. Because parties would no longer have nominees (except for president) the bill deletes the vote test for a party to become or … Continue reading