On May 7, the New York State Assembly passed A4980, a bill to provide public funding for candidates for state office. The vote was 88-50. Now the bill goes to the State Senate. Like the Arizona and Maine public funding … Continue reading
Two states, Michigan and Ohio, elect state judges in partisan elections, but both states have election laws that say party labels should not be on the ballot for judicial candidates, even though the candidates were nominated by political parties. In … Continue reading
On May 10, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper signed HB 1303, which makes Colorado the third state in which virtually all ballots will be cast by mail. See this story. … Continue reading
Kevin Halverson, who was elected Sheriff of Minidoka County, Idaho, as a Republican in 2004, and re-elected as a Republican in 2008 and 2012, has changed his voter registration to Libertarian. See this story. Minidoka County has a population of … Continue reading
May 9 was the deadline for Texas bills to have passed their house of origin. Many election law bills of interest failed to meet this deadline. That includes all the bills that would have revised the straight-ticket device; the bill … Continue reading
