The Virginia bill to legalize out-of-state circulators, HB 1898, has died because it never moved and the deadline for bills to advance from their house of origin has now passed. Meanwhile, the Fourth Circuit will hear arguments over the residency … Continue reading
On February 8, the Utah legislature passed HB 262. Under current law, anyone can decide to join a party on primary day, and then vote in that party’s primary. But current law says that starting July 1, 2013, voters could … Continue reading
As expected, Montana Representative Scott Reichner (R-Bigfork) has now introduced his top-two open primary bill. See here to read the bill, HB 436. Even though the bill is very lengthy, it seems to have skipped over two potential problems: (1) … Continue reading
Several Iowa state legislators have introduced SSB 1072, which would establish public funding for candidates for partisan state office. To qualify, candidates for Governor would need to receive contributions of at least $5 from each of 2,000 individuals, with 500 … Continue reading
Montana Representative Scott Reichner (R-Bigfork) plans to introduce a bill in the legislature to switch Montana partisan elections to a top-two open primary system, according to this story. However, Reichner’s idea to provide that anyone receiving a majority in the … Continue reading
