California holds a special election for the vacant 51st district State Senate in Los Angeles County on March 24. Six Democrats, one Peace & Freedom Party member, and one Republican are running. Since two of the Democrats are incumbent Assemblymembers, … Continue reading
On February 9, the South Dakota House State Affairs Committee killed a proposal to shrink the legislature. Currently, South Dakota had 35 State Senators and 70 Representatives. The bill would have changed that to 25 Senators and 50 Representatives. See … Continue reading
On February 10, the Montana Senate voted on the proposal to amend the State Constitution and require a majority vote before anyone can be elected. The result was a 25-25 tie. Since the bill is a proposed Constitutional amendment, under … Continue reading
Bills have been introduced in both houses of the Missouri legislature to let local governments use Instant-Runoff voting for their own elections. The bills are SB303 by Senator Jeff Smith (D-St. Louis) and HB 463 by Representative Jake Zimmerman (D-Olivette). … Continue reading
Maryland State Senator Richard Colburn (R-Cambridge) has introduced SB 327. It requires run-off general elections, if no candidate received 50%. The bill also requires run-off primaries when no one got 50% in a primary. The run-offs would be held 3 … Continue reading
