On May 4, Washington’s Governor Christine Gregoire signed HB 1517. It permits ex-felons who still owe fines or restitution payments to register to vote. However, if they fall behind on their payments, they can lose their status as registered voters. … Continue reading
Louisiana Representative Wayne Waddell (R-Shreveport) has introduced HB 776. It would deprive qualified parties of their own primary if they have fewer than 40,000 registered members. Other states, over recent decades, have also changed their laws to eliminate primaries for … Continue reading
The Tulsa Beacon, April 30 issue, has this editorial, advocating that either political parties should pay for their own presidential primaries, or that the Oklahoma presidential primaries should be abolished and replaced with caucuses. The editorial notes that it costs … Continue reading
This year, the Arizona legislature has not passed any bills, because the Senate has done nothing except work on the state budget. According to this news story, one legislator is predicting that the state budget will be approved by May … Continue reading
On May 4, the Maine Joint State & Local Government Committee took testimony on LD 1041, which changes the law on how a party remains on the Maine ballot, from having polled 5% at either of the last two elections … Continue reading
