On June 25, the Arizona House Judiciary Committee passed three election law bills of interest. SB 1091 is the Secretary of State’s omnibus election law bill. It passed unanimously. It moves the independent presidential petition deadline from June to September, … Continue reading
According to this story in Tucson Weekly, the Tucson Democratic Party’s attempt to keep Greens out of this November’s partisan city council races is likely to backfire. The Democratic Party challenged Dave Croteau’s petition to get on the Green Party … Continue reading
On June 24, Congressmember John Tanner (D-Tennessee) introduced HR 3025, which sets up federal standards for states when they draw U.S. House districts. Here is the 21-page bill. It says that each state must have an Independent State Commission to … Continue reading
On June 24, the city council of St. Paul, Minnesota, voted unanimously to put a ballot question on the November 3, 2009 ballot. The measure will ask voters if they wish to use Instant Runoff Voting. The measure is actually … Continue reading
According to this story in the Daily Planet of Berkeley, California, the cities of Berkeley, Oakland, and San Leandro now have a fair chance to use Instant Runoff Voting in their own city elections. The voters of those three cities … Continue reading
