Connecticut Representative Linda Schofield (D-Simsbury) has introduced H5730, to provide that independent voters may vote in a party primary. Currently, Connecticut law lets each party decide for itself whether to let independent voters vote in its primary or not. Connecticut … Continue reading
Colorado Representative Edward Casso (D-Thornton) has introduced HB 1012, to let independent voters vote in a partisan primary. Current Colorado law lets any independent voter vote in a partisan primary if that voter re-registers into that party at the polls … Continue reading
On January 31, the U.S. Supreme Court requested that Hawaii file a response in Nader v Cronin, 10-728. This is the case that challenges the number of signatures needed for an independent presidential candidate. That number is approximately six times … Continue reading
Last year the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws agreed to ask state legislators to pass a model law, concerning presidential electors who don’t vote for their own party’s presidential and vice-presidential nominees. The model bill has been … Continue reading
On February 4, U.S. District Court Judge Philip S. Gutierrez, a Bush Jr. appointee, refused to strike down the California residency requirement for circulators of candidate petitions, even though all sides to the lawsuit agree that the law is unconstitutional. … Continue reading
