On March 28, the Montana House Administration Committee passed SB 270. The bill is now three-fourths of the way through the legislature. It moves the deadline for non-presidential independent candidates from June to March. Montana had a similar March independent … Continue reading
Richard Winger
On March 27, SB 138 was introduced in the Alaska legislature, to implement the “National Popular Vote Plan” for presidential elections.
In 1975, the United States and many nations in Europe signed the Helsinki Accords, to set minimum standards for human rights in each of the signing nations. In 1990 the treaty was expanded to include political rights, and ODIHR (Office … Continue reading
Bills exist in both houses of the Missouri legislature to make the independent candidate procedures more restrictive. Current law requires independent candidates and new parties to file petitions in late July of election years. HCS HB 894 would move the … Continue reading
On March 30, the Connecticut Joint Government Administration & Elections Committee will hear a bill to move the presidential primary from March to February.