On April 13, the Michigan House Elections & Ethics Committee passed HB 4530. It moves the non-presidential primary from August to the second Tuesday in June. It would not take effect until 2023. It would have no impact on the … Continue reading
Two Wisconsin state senators have introduced SB 250, which would end political party nominations for U.S. Senate and U.S. House. Instead, all candidates for those offices would appear on a single primary ballot, and then only the top five candidates … Continue reading
Florida has an election law that says, “A political advertisement of a candidate running for nonpartisan office may not state the candidate’s political party affiliation…A candidate for nonpartisan office is prohibited from campaigning based on party affiliation.” On April 15, … Continue reading
On April 14, the U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee passed HR 51, which makes most of D.C. a state. The part of D.C. that would not be inside the new state consists of the White House, the Capitol, the … Continue reading
Geoffrey Skelley, an elections analyst for FiveThirtyEight, has this column about the findings of a 2016 political science book, Independent Politics. The authors of the book did many social science experiments, and determined that 75% of people who identify as … Continue reading
