On May 7, the New York State Senate passed S5755, which moves this year’s primary from September 11 to September 18. The identical bill in the Assembly, A 8129, is sponsored by the Speaker of the Assembly, so this bill … Continue reading
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The Mississippi Circuit Court is expected to issue an order by March 11, on whether Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale should be on the ballot this year. Mississippi holds all its elections for state office in the odd year before … Continue reading
On May 8, in a surprising development, the bill to move the Texas primary (for all office) passed the Senate State Affairs Committee, by 6-3. Now it goes to the Senate. The bill moves the primary from the 2nd week … Continue reading
Lost in the publicity about early presidential primaries is the fact that the District of Columbia holds the nation’s earliest presidential primaries. For 2008, the Democratic, Republican and Green Parties will all have a presidential primary on January 8. The … Continue reading
The post of May 4 about the Scottish elections has been rewritten to correct some errors. The problems with invalid ballots in Scotland related to the Parliamentary elections, not the Ranked Choice elections for local city and town councils. … Continue reading