On March 28, New Jersey’s Governor signed A100. It provides for public funding for legislative candidates this year, but in only 3 districts (New Jersey has 40 legislative districts). Legislative leaders will decide which three districts participate, but they must … Continue reading
On March 28, the North Carolina House tentatively passed H91, which lets people register as late as the Saturday before election day, at early voting sites.
On March 22, U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-Il.) and Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) introduced S936. It is called the “Fair Elections Now Act.” It provides for public funding for congressional candidates. It supposedly is modeled on the Maine and Arizona “Clean … Continue reading
California State Senator Dick Ackerman has introduced SB 293. It would amend the existing law that requires a qualified party to notify the Secretary of State of its presidential and vice-presidential nominees by late August. The bill only applies to … Continue reading
Bills have been introduced in both houses of the Alabama legislature to provide that write-in candidates must file a write-in declaration of candidacy, in order to have their write-ins tallied. They are SB69 and HB332. Currently, all write-ins in Alabama … Continue reading
