On April 2, the Oklahoma House Judiciary Committee passed SB 668 unanimously. It has no effect on the number of signatures needed for a newly-qualifying party in presidential years. But it lowers the number in midterm years, so that if … Continue reading
An earlier post today is not completely accurate, but instead of my amending that post (on Pennsylvania presidential write-ins from November 2012) it seems more useful to write a new one. It turns out that the Pennsylvania state Elections Department … Continue reading
Rhode Island SB 44, the bill to abolish the straight-ticket device, has a hearing on the afternoon of April 2 in the Rhode Island Senate Judiciary Committee. Here is a short news story about the bill. … Continue reading
The Denver Post has this story about last week’s decision in Independent Institute v Gessler, which invalidated Colorado’s ban on paying petitioners on a per-signature basis. Thanks to Mike Seebeck and Jill Pyeatt for the link. … Continue reading
New York state has a unique law, which gives political party officials the power to determine if a non-member of the party should be permitted to run in that party’s primary. New York State Senator Malcolm Smith, a Democrat, is … Continue reading
