On March 4, the Washington State Senate passed SB 5171, which moves the primary (for office other than President) from late August to early August. The filing deadline moves three weeks earlier, into late April. The bill passed with only … Continue reading
According to this story in the Detroit News, leaders of both the Republican Party, and the Democratic Party, say they favor keeping Michigan’s presidential primary in February. If the legislature does nothing, the 2012 presidential primaries will be on February … Continue reading
Earlier this year, Congressman John Conyers (D-Michigan) introduced HR 108. All of these points only relate to federal elections. The bill would outlaw vote-counting machines that have no audit trail; it would provide that provisional ballots are not invalid just … Continue reading
On March 4, the Green Party of Connecticut filed this 16-page rebuttal brief in the U.S. Supreme Court, in Green Party of Connecticut v Lenge, 10-795. The next step is for the Court to decide whether to hear this case. … Continue reading
On February 28, local branches of the NAACP filed lawsuits against twelve Mississippi counties in federal court, seeking a court order to require the counties to move the candidate filing deadline from March 1 to June 1, for this year … Continue reading
