The North Carolina legislature will vote on Tuesday, October 17, on whether to override the gubernatorial veto of SB 656, the ballot access bill. The legislature can override a veto with 60% in each house of the legislature. … Continue reading
Even though the Florida legislature doesn’t convene until January 9, 2018, Florida legislative committees are already working on 2018 bills. On October 11, SB 45 passed the Senate Ethics and Elections Committee. It says that elected state and local officials … Continue reading
WCBU, Peoria’s public radio station, has this article about the restrictive Illinois ballot access laws. … Continue reading
Cosmopolitan Magazine has this article by Mindy Finn, the vice-presidential nominee who ran in 2016 as an independent with Evan McMullin. The article doesn’t say much about her vice-presidential run, but instead focuses on the need for more woman candidates … Continue reading
The San Francisco Chronicle has this story about Tom Palzer’s California initiative to repeal the top-two system. When Palzer had first announced his initiative, the Los Angeles Times and the Sacramento Bee had carried stories about it, but this is … Continue reading
