The Coalition for Free & Open Elections (COFOE) holds its annual Board meeting on Saturday, June 16, at 10 a.m., in New York city. COFOE is 22 years old. It is a loose-knit coalition of the nation’s nationally-organized minor parties, … Continue reading
Richard Winger
On May 24, the New Hampshire Senate Election Laws & Internal Affairs Committee passed HB 272. It gives the Secretary of State even more flexibility to set the date of the presidential primary. It lets him choose any day of … Continue reading
It is likely that the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on HR 811 during the last three days of May. This is Congressman Rush Holt’s bill to ban vote-counting machines that produce no paper trail. Congressman Vern Ehlers (R-Mich.) … Continue reading
Pennsylvania held primary elections on May 15, 2007, for statewide judicial office, and local partisan office. Luzerne County was using electronic vote-counting machines for the first time. Previously the county had used old-fashioned mechanical voting machines. At the May 15 … Continue reading
The New Hampshire House Election Law Committee has asked one of its staffers to gather research on how many votes are required in each state, for a group to meet the definition of “political party.” The current New Hampshire definition … Continue reading