Colorado Representative Dominick Moreno (D-Commerce City) has introduced HB 1354. Currently, Colorado lets independents vote in party primaries if the independent joins one of the parties on primary day. The bill would allow independent voters to vote in major party … Continue reading
On April 21, the Nevada Senate passed SB 499 unanimously. It moves the petition deadline for newly-qualifying parties from April to June, and moves the petition deadline for non-presidential independent candidates from February to June. … Continue reading
On April 21, the California Senate Elections Committee passed SB 163, which provides that in statewide elections, all voters will automatically receive a ballot in the postal mail. The bill would not affect non-statewide elections that are not held simultaneously … Continue reading
On the afternoon of April 22, the Oklahoma Senate passed HB 2181. As amended earlier in the Senate Rules Committee, it lowers the petition for a newly-qualifying party from 5% of the last vote cast, to 3% of the last … Continue reading
The Alabama Constitution says that persons convicted of crimes of “moral turpitude” lose the right to vote, but the Constitution does not define “moral turpitude”. Each county has imposed its own definition in the past. On April 21 the Alabama … Continue reading
