On February 10, the Public Policy Institute of California issued this 17-page analysis of whether California’s top-two open primary, Proposition 14, would create more moderate elected office-holders. The PPIC was created in 1994 by a bequest from William Hewlett (of … Continue reading
Nebraska Senator Bill Avery has intoduced LB 1059, to allow initiative and referendum petitions to be signed electronically. Here is a copy of the bill. It has a hearing on February 10 in the Senate’s Government, Military and Veterans Affairs … Continue reading
Nebraska Senator Bill Avery has intoduced LB 1059, to allow initiative and referendum petitions to be signed electronically. Here is a copy of the bill. It has a hearing on February 10 in the Senate’s Government, Military and Veterans Affairs … Continue reading
Georgia Representative Bobby Reese (R-Sugar Hill) has introduced HB 1141, which improves ballot access for candidates who petition onto the November ballot. It lowers the candidate petition for statewide office from 1% of the number of registered voters to exactly … Continue reading
On the evening of February 9, the British House of Commons passed the preliminary stage of a bill to provide for a public vote next year on whether to use Instant Runoff Voting for parliamentary elections. See this story. The … Continue reading
