Connecticut Representative Devin Carney (R-Old Saybrook) has introduced HB 5694, a bill for a top-two system. The language of the bill hasn’t been drafted yet, but this description of the bill says it is to be similar to the California … Continue reading
Richard Winger
On February 15, the Arizona House Committee on Municipal Oversight and Elections passed HCR 2033. This is a proposed state constitutional amendment that would provide that all qualified political parties shall be permitted to place a nominee on the general … Continue reading
Fourteen Republican State Senators in New Hampshire have introduced SB 271. It is a very short bill concerning national conventions of political parties. It says, “The New Hampshire delegates shall be seated and have complete voting rights.” The motive for … Continue reading
On February 9, the Mississippi Senate passed SCR 533 and SB 2638. They restore the statewide initiative process. Mississippi had the initiative process until 2021, when the State Supreme Court ruled the old law was fatally flawed and couldn’t be … Continue reading
Nine Iowa Representatives have introduced HF 148, which makes it impossible for any voter to change party affiliation between 147 days before a primary, and the date of the general election. Current law lets independent voters join a party on … Continue reading