Wyoming Representative Chip Neiman (R-Hulett) has introduced HB 74. It moves the primary from August to May, and says if no one gets 50% in the primary, there will be a run-off primary in August. Neiman also introduced a proposed … Continue reading
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On February 6, the New Mexico House Judiciary Committee tabled HJR 5. This is the bill to change New Mexico primaries from closed to semi-closed. Thanks to Rick Lass for this news. … Continue reading
On the early evening of February 7, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed the decision of a 3-judge U.S. District Court in Merrill v Milligan, 21A375. This is the case over Alabama’s new U.S. House districts. The lower court had said … Continue reading
In a Washington Post op-ed, Barney Frank, former Massachusetts Democratic member of Congress, says Liz Cheney should run for re-election as an independent. See this ElectionLawBlog post, which has the relevant paragraphs. Wyoming has a liberal independent candidate petition deadline. … Continue reading
The Los Angeles Times has this article about the Common Sense Party. The article says the party submitted about 66,000 registration cards. The article also says the party only needs about 55,000 registered members in order to qualify. The conclusion … Continue reading