On March 9, the Mississippi House passed SCR 533. It would restore the initiative process. The House amended the bill to lower the number of signatures from 12% of the number of registered voters, to 12% of the last gubernatorial … Continue reading
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On March 2, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed SB 1820, which bans any local government from using ranked choice voting. The bill impacts the city of Memphis, which had voted some time ago to use ranked choice voting for its … Continue reading
Texas State Senator Mayes Middleton (R-Galveston) has introduced SB 1705. It would require all qualified parties to nominate by primary. Current law says smaller qualified parties nominate by convention at their own expense. Texas is one of seventeen states with … Continue reading
Nebraska State Senator Elliot Bostar (D-Lincoln) has introduced HB 776. It would provide that congressional elections in Nebraska be non-partisan. The bill would also convert the elections for state executive posts, and county executive posts, to non-partisan elections. Nebraska already … Continue reading
The Utah legislature adjourned March 3. The Senate did not pass HB 393, or vote on it, even though the bill had passed the House in February. The bill would have provided that if a candidate for a party nomination … Continue reading