On February 13, the California Senate passed SB 113 by 31-5. This bill moves the California presidential primary to February 5. Existing law has the California presidential primary in June. The bill would leave the primary for office other than … Continue reading
On February 12, a U.S. District Court in New Mexico struck down an Albuquerque city ordinance, which requires voters at the polls (in city elections) to show photo-ID. ACLU of New Mexico v Santillanes, cv05-1136. The decision is 83 pages … Continue reading
On February 14, the Hawaii Senate passed SB 1956 by 19-4. This is the National Popular Vote plan for electing the president. … Continue reading
On February 13, Georgia Congressman Charlie Norwood died at the age of 65. He represented northwest Georgia (the 10th district) and had been re-elected in November 2006 with 67.4%. Georgia law requires a special election to fill the vacancy before … Continue reading
On February 13, the author of Virginia HB 3157 (the bill to impose substantial filing fees on minor party and independent candidates) dropped his own bill. Therefore, the bill failed to pass the Senate Elections & Privileges Committee. Apparently the … Continue reading
