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On June 30, the Oregon House of Representatives passed HB 3021 by a vote of 49-2. It would let two parties jointly nominate the same candidate. A candidate who was the nominee of two different parties would be listed once … Continue reading
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On June 27, the US Court of Appeals, 2nd circuit, refused to disturb the Independence Party’s victory last year, on the issue of whether the party had the right to let independent voters vote in its primary. One county unit … Continue reading
On May 12, the Governor of Indiana signed SB 467, which ends a subsidy to political parties that polled more than 10% of the vote in the last Secretary of State’s election. The subsidy consisted of most of the state … Continue reading
On June 24, the First Circuit upheld a Massachusetts law that says the initiative process cannot be used to pass a new law pertaining to religious institutions. The same court also upheld a companion law, that the initiative process cannot … Continue reading
Ohio’s Sub. HB 3, which (among other things) would provide that voters may register into particular parties on their voter registration forms, is likely to be tabled for the remainder of the summer. Sub. HB 3 is an election law … Continue reading