On February 8, the Utah House Government Operations Committee passed HB 204 by 8-1. It authorizes a presidential primary in future years, but does not say anything about when that primary would be, or how candidates would get on the … Continue reading
On February 9, New Hampshire Representative Caleb Q. Dyer announced that he had changed his registration from Republican to Libertarian. He appears to be one of the youngest state legislators in the nation; he is 20 years old. See his … Continue reading
With great fanfare, a bill to reform many New York election laws was introduced on February 9 by Assemblymember Michael Cusick and nine others. Here is the text of A 5312. The bill makes many improvements to New York election … Continue reading
On February 6, the Virginia Senate defeated SB 821 by 11-29. It would have put a question about party membership (or independent status) on voter registration forms. It would also have let parties choose to close their primaries. Virginia has … Continue reading
On February 8, Tennessee Representative Bud Hulsey (R-Kingsport) introduced HB 662. It lowers the number of signatures for a newly-qualifying party from 2.5% of the last gubernatorial vote (now 33,816 signatures) to exactly 5,000. It also lowers the vote test … Continue reading
