On March 3, the Alabama House Constitution and Elections Committee will hold a hearing on HB 515. The bill would provide that presidential electors should be elected in proportion to their share of the popular vote within Alabama. Alabama has … Continue reading
Richard Winger
On March 2, the voters of Burlington voted to repeal Instant Runoff Voting. The vote was 3,972 to repeal, and 3,669 to keep it. See this story. … Continue reading
The Burbank Leader of February 2 has this story about the bills recently introduced in California to use Instant Runoff Voting in special congressional and legislative elections. … Continue reading
Texas held its 2010 primary on March 2. Turnout appears to be 800,000 voters in the Democratic primary, and 1,500,000 in the Republican primary, or a total of approximately 2,300,000. However, Texas has 13,023,358 registered voters. Voters who voted in … Continue reading
On March 2, the Colorado House passed HB 1271 on second reading. The bill must still pass on third reading, but generally when bills pass on second reading, they also pass on third reading. The bill eases the length of … Continue reading