The Ellsworth American newspaper in Maine has this article in its February 10 edition. It explains how one 72-year-old woman, Ruby Sprague, persuaded her state legislator to introduce a bill so that independent voters would be referred to as “Independents”, … Continue reading
A New York Daily News story of February 9 says Mayor Mike Bloomberg still has bleak prospects for winning the nomination of any of the state’s ballot-qualified parties. The story quotes the Mayor as saying at this point he has … Continue reading
Ten Oregon legislators are sponsoring HB 2580, which would legalize fusion and even provide that a voter could vote for the fusion candidate under either party label. The sponsors are these Republicans: Senator Brian Boquist and Representative Vicki Berger; and … Continue reading
Previous blog posts had noted that the South Carolina House has a bill to eliminate the ability of two political parties to jointly nominate the same candidate. An anti-fusion bill also now has been introduced in the Senate. It is … Continue reading
On February 9, the South Dakota Senate Local Government Committee killed SB 157. It would have let independent voters vote in any party’s primary.
