On March 16, the Vermont Government Operations Committee passed SB 32. Originally it was a bill to use ranked choice voting in presidential primaries. But the committee amended it. Now it is a bill to let towns use ranked choice … Continue reading
The Idaho Senate State Affairs Committee has introduced SB 1185. It moves the filing deadline for primary candidates from March to the last Friday in January. Because the non-presidential independent candidate petition deadline is also set on that deadline, that … Continue reading
Washington representative Skyler Rude (R-Walla Walla) has introduced HB 1826. It would delete all party labels from primary and general election ballots, except for president. It would also delete them from the Voters Pamphlet. … Continue reading
Joe Kirby of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, has filed a proposed initiative that will soon start to circulate. It would provide for a top-two system for South Dakota. Here is the text. Kirby qualified an initiative similar to this in … Continue reading
On March 1, the Arizona House passed HCR 2033, which guarantees that qualified political parties may place nominees on the general election ballot. Here is the text. If it passes the legislature, the voters would vote on it in November … Continue reading
