On January 27, the Arkansas Senate defeated SB 122, which would have moved the presidential primary and primaries for all other office from May to March. If the bill had passed, the petition deadlines for non-presidential independents would have moved … Continue reading
On February 3, the Florida Secretary of State released a report on the November 2016 election that, among other things, shows that more than 83,000 Florida voters cast a write-in for President for someone who wasn’t a declared presidential write-in … Continue reading
On February 3, the Utah House Government Operations Committee amended HB 22 to require that circulators for primary candidate petitions must be registered votes, and to ban paying such circulators. Both parts of the bill violate U.S. Supreme Court precedents. … Continue reading
Alabama law says when a special congressional or legislative election is to be held, and only one candidate qualified, the election is cancelled. There will be a special election for State House, 67th district, in April. But the only reason … Continue reading
The U.S. Supreme Court conference of February 17 will consider whether to hear cases from Hawaii and Montana on open primaries. The Hawaii Democratic Party and the Montana Republican Party both object to being forced to nominate with systems which … Continue reading
