Montana SB 96 would make it illegal to pay circulators of an initiative on a per-signatures basis, and would also make it illegal for out-of-state residents to circulate an initiative petition. It has been passed by both houses. However, on … Continue reading
The Missouri Senate Finance, Governmental Organization & Elections Committee will hear HB894 on Monday, April 16, at noon, in the Senate lounge. This is the bill whose sponsor believes it requires independent candidates and the candidates of new parties to … Continue reading
Vermont SB 108, to use Instant Runoff Voting for the state’s congressional races (both Senate and House) may still pass. It seems fairly likely the Senate Government Operations Committee will pass it on April 13. Unfortunately, the Governor had been … Continue reading
On January 3, 2007, New York State Senator John Defrancisco (R-Staten Island) introduced S29, which cuts the number of signatures in half, for all types of ballot access petitions. So far the bill has not made any headway, but the … Continue reading
On April 12, a 7-judge panel of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruled 4-3 that a group of voters may proceed with a lawsuit, challenging the use of Electronic Vote-Counting machines that leave no paper trail. Banfield v Cortes, 442 MD … Continue reading
