On March 21, the North Dakota House Political Subdivisions Committee killed SB 2183 by a vote of 11-4. This is the bill that had passed the Senate, and which said that no one could circulate an initiative petition in North … Continue reading
On March 22, the Idaho House passed SB 1108 by a vote of 45-21. The bill had already passed the Senate. It requires that statewide initiative petitions contain the signatures of 6% of the registered voters in each of 18 … Continue reading
On March 11, the Arizona House passed HB 2518, which allows local elections to use Approval Voting. On March 19, the bill passed the Senate Elections Committee. The vote in the House was a partisan vote, in which Republicans generally … Continue reading
In the November 2012 election, one Ohio state house district race had disputed election returns. Final figures show that Republican incumbent Al Landis of the 98th district defeated his Democratic opponent, Josh O’Farrell, by eight votes. However, irregularities were charged. … Continue reading
The lawsuit filed by the Alabama Constitution, Green, and Libertarian Parties in 2012, arguing that the March petition deadline for newly-qualifying parties is unconstitutional, had been set for a trial in the late spring of 2013. However, the state requested … Continue reading
