Idaho State Senator Grant Burgoyne (D-Boise) has introduced SB 1001, which would set up a top-two system for all partisan office. The bill even appears to extend to presidential elections. If such a bill had been in effect in 2016, … Continue reading
Arkansas Senator Gary Stubblefield (R-Branch) has introduced SB 122, which would move the primary from late May to early March. The state had an early March primary in 2016 but the existing law says primaries after 2016 should return to … Continue reading
North Dakota Representative Corey Mock has introduced HB 1417, which makes it easier for small qualified parties to nominate candidates for the legislature, and also makes it easier for them to remain on the ballot. The existing law requires a … Continue reading
Bills have been introduced in both houses of the New Hampshire legislature to ban fusion, the practice of allowing two parties to jointly nominate the same candidate. Fusion in New Hampshire is difficult, because the only way anyone can get … Continue reading
The Seventh Circuit will hear Libertarian Party of Illinois v Illinois State Board of Elections, 16-1667, on Friday, February 24, at 9:30 am in Chicago, room 2721. The issue is the Illinois law that requires newly-qualifying parties, but not old … Continue reading
