On March 5, the Georgia House passed HB 899, which contains all the Secretary of State’s election law recommendations except the provision lowering the number of signatures for minor party and independent candidates. The Macon newspaper story was correct. Representative … Continue reading
On March 6, the Maine Joint Taxation Committee will hold a work session on LD 1826, a bill to abolish Maine’s state income tax check-off that lets taxpayers choose to send a small donation to a political party. The Maine … Continue reading
On March 2, the Virginia Senate passed HB 1151, which says that petitions for President and both houses of Congress should use the old 2001-2010 U.S. House district boundaries. President and U.S. Senate petitions are affected by U.S. House district … Continue reading
On January 25, the New Hampshire Senate passed SB 232, which moves the non-presidential primary two weeks earlier, from September 11 to August 28. It also automatically moves the petition deadlines for independent candidates, and newly-qualifying parties, from late August … Continue reading
Arizona State Senator Steve Gallardo, a Democrat, has introduced S1429, to abolish the presidential primary. So far it has not made any headway. … Continue reading
