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On February 14, the New York Senate passed S2339, which allows mechanical voting machines to be used for local elections during 2011. Some years ago, Congress outlawed these machines for federal elections. … Continue reading
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California Republican state chair Ron Nehring has written a proposed party bylaw, that would provide for party meetings to endorse candidates for partisan office before the June primary. See this story, which has a link to the proposed rules. The … Continue reading
On February 15, the Virginia House passed SB 1246, which moves the presidential primary from February to March. Thanks to Josh Putnam of Frontloading HQ for this news. The bill now goes to the Governor. … Continue reading
Vermont Representative John Moran (D-Wardsboro) and eight others have introduced HB 241. Vermont already allows two parties to jointly nominate the same person, but that candidate’s name is only listed once on the November ballot, followed by the names of … Continue reading
Montana Representative Michael More (R-Gallatin Gateway) has introduced HB 521, to require all state judges (except Justices of the Peace) to be elected and re-elected in partisan elections. Currently, Montana holds non-partisan judicial elections when an incumbent judge is leaving … Continue reading