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On February 6, the National Popular Vote plan passed the Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee by a vote of 5-0. The bill is SB 1956. The committee has four Democrats and one Republican. … Continue reading
Richard Winger
Montana SB 290 (the National Popular Vote plan for presidential elections) passed the State Senate Administration Committee on February 5, by a vote of 9-2. The committee has 6 Democrats and 5 Republicans. Both “no” votes were cast by Republicans. … Continue reading
On February 7, the South Dakota House of Representatives voted on HB 1272, which would move that state’s presidential primary from June to February 5. The vote was 35-35, so the bill failed, although the sponsor will seek reconsideration. The … Continue reading
Oklahoma HB 1790 was amended on February 7 to move the presidential primary from February 5 to February 2. HB 1790 is authored by John Trebilcock (R-Broken Arrow) but the amendment was the idea of Trebor Worthen (R-Oklahoma City). Moving … Continue reading
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to hear Washington state’s appeal in the “top-two” case on February 23. The case is Washington State v Republican Party of Washington, 06-730. Both the U.S. District Court and the 9th circuit had … Continue reading