On April 26, the Florida Senate Budget Committee passed SB 2086, the Senate version of the Secretary of State’s omnibus election law bill. The vote was 13-7. The bill has the same provisions making ballot access more difficult for the … Continue reading
On April 25, Utah attorney Rob Latham testified before the joint legislative committee that is drawing the lines for new legislative districts. He advocated that the legislature create 5-member districts, for the House, and also provide for proportional representation. The … Continue reading
Cecil Bothwell, a city councilmember in Asheville, North Carolina, had announced several months ago that he would be an independent candidate for U.S. House in 2012. However, according to this April 26 story, he has changed his mind and will … Continue reading
Major Timothy F. Johnson, retired, vice-chair of the North Carolina Republican Party and founder and chair of the Frederick Douglass Foundation, has endorsed HB 32, now pending in the North Carolina legislature. The bill cuts the number of signatures for … Continue reading
Oklahoma must change the timing of its non-presidential primaries, because of the 2009 federal law that requires states to mail overseas absentee ballots at least 45 days before any election. Oklahoma’s current law provides too little time between the primary … Continue reading
