On March 26, the Maine Joint Veterans & Legal Affairs Committee passed LD 202. It would amend the state constitution to allow ranked choice voting to be used for general elections for state office. Currently it is used for federal … Continue reading
On March 30, Massachusetts held a special election to fill the vacancy in the State House seat, Suffolk 19 district. The results: Democrat Jeffrey Turco 1,861; independent candidate Richard Fucillo 473; Republican Paul Garuccio 466. When this seat had been … Continue reading
Maine Representative Ryan Justin Fecteau (R-Augusta) has introduced LD 1061. It lowers the number of registered members for a new party to attain “qualified party” status from 5,000 to 2,500 registered members. It also says that when a party is … Continue reading
Texas State Senator Bryan Hughes (R-Tyler) has introduced SB 2093. It continues the practice, established in 2019, that candidates nominated by parties that use conventions (instead of primaries) must pay a filing fee. But it says the fee should be … Continue reading
David Colborne has this lengthy commentary on Nevada SB 292, which makes it more difficult for new or previously unqualified parties to get on the ballot. He discusses the ballot access parts of the bill toward the end. … Continue reading
