Connecticut Representative Devin Carney (R-Old Saybrook) has introduced proposed House Bill 5303, to ease the definition of a qualified minor party. Current law says that if a group polls 1% for any particular race, then it is ballot-qualified just for … Continue reading
On January 8, 2015, the Virgin Islands Supreme Court issued a 33-page opinion in Hansen v O’Reilly, 2014-0085. The case involves a write-in candidate for the Virgin Islands Senate in the November 4, 2014 election. Incumbent Senator Alicia “Chucky” Hansen, … Continue reading
Missouri Representative Mike Colona (D-St. Louis) has introduced HB 249, which would bring back the straight-ticket device that Missouri stopped using in 2006.
New York has long had the nation’s most restrictive law concerning when voters may switch from one particular party to another. Current law does not allow anyone to switch, and vote in the primary of the new party, unless the … Continue reading
New York Assemblyman Gary Pretlow (D-Mt. Vernon) has introduced AB 838. It would alter the definition of “political party” from a group that got 50,000 votes for Governor, to a group that got 100,000 votes for Governor. If passed, it … Continue reading
