Illinois Senate Bill 2306 would move the petition deadline for primary candidates from December of the year before the election, to November of the year before the election. The Illinois primary for all office is in March of election years. … Continue reading
On March 31, the No Labels organization gave its “seal of approval” to Adam Frisch, who is a Democrat running for Congress next year in Colorado’s Third District. See this story. … Continue reading
Florida election law says an elected public official who files to run for an office, other than the one the officer already holds, must resign from his or her elected position. There is speculation that the legislature may amend this … Continue reading
On March 30, the North Dakota legislature passed HB 1273. It bans approval voting and ranked choice voting. Fargo, the largest city in North Dakota, has been using Approval Voting for its own city elections for some time, but the … Continue reading
On March 30, the Texas Senate State Affairs Committee heard testimony on SB 2532, which doubles the number of signatures for independent candidates to get on the ballot, and also doubles the filing fees for all types of candidates for … Continue reading
