Eight Rhode Island representatives have introduced HB 5721, which would move the non-presidential primary from eight weeks before the general election to the last Tuesday in August. That would move the primary two weeks earlier. If the bill were enacted, … Continue reading
Richard Winger
On Saturday, March 18, the New Mexico legislature adjourned. It did not pass SB 73, the bill to let independent voters choose a partisan primary ballot without first joining that party. … Continue reading
The Bemidji Pioneer, a newspaper in the northernmost part of Minnesota, has published this letter to the editor from Rebecca Whiting. The letter criticizes Democrats in the Minnesota legislature for making ballot access worse. … Continue reading
Reason Magazine has this article about the pending request of the New York Green and Libertarian Parties to the U.S. Supreme Court over ballot access. … Continue reading
On March 17, the California Secretary of State released new registration data. This is the last tally California will produce until January 2024. Here is the data. Relative to the last tally in October 2022, all the qualified parties gained … Continue reading