Both houses of the South Carolina legislature have now passed bills that make it more difficult for independent candidates to get on the ballot. However, the versions in each house are significantly different. The House bill, HB 3746, is worse. … Continue reading
West Virginia lists parties on the ballot in order of how well they did for President in the last presidential election. Republicans have carried West Virginia in each of the last three presidential elections, so Republicans in recent years have … Continue reading
Bills to abolish the straight-ticket device have been introduced recently in Rhode Island and West Virginia. A straight-ticket device lets a voter cast a ballot for all partisan offices on the ballot without even looking to see who is running. … Continue reading
California Senator Loni Hancock and Assemblymember Mike Eng have introduced bills to let counties use Instant Runoff Voting for special elections for U.S. House and state legislature. If these bills pass, they would save money for election administrators. Almost all … Continue reading
In 2009, the California Assembly passed AB 909, which instructs precinct polling place officials that they should orally inform independent voters that they are free to choose a Democratic or a Republican primary ballot (except that independent voters can’t vote … Continue reading
