Illinois representative Bill Mitchell (R-Forsyth) has introduced HB 1402, to require candidates for the legislature to submit, along with their ballot access petition, the results of a “substance abuse test”. The test must have taken place within the 60 days … Continue reading
On February 11, the Utah House Government Operations Committee defeated HB 164, which would have imposed campaign contribution limits for state office. The bill would have imposed a $10,000 limit on contributions to candidates for statewide office, and $5,000 to … Continue reading
On February 11, the Virginia legislature passed HB 1507, which moves the 2011 primary from June to September 13. Virginia elects state legislators in odd years, including 2011. The legislature moved the 2011 primary because the new legislative district boundaries … Continue reading
On February 10, the Hamilton County, Ohio, Board of Elections ask the 6th circuit to rehear Hunter v Hamilton County Board of Elections, 11-3060. This is the lawsuit over a local partisan judicial race from November 2010, in which all … Continue reading
On February 10, U.S. District Court Judge Jed Rakoff denied the state’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit Conservative Party of New York et al v New York State Board of Elections, southern district, 10-cv-6923. This is the case that challenges … Continue reading
