The Hawaii Senate Judiciary Committee will hear SB 2046 on Tuesday, February 22. It alters the petition to recognize a new party. Signers are no longer asked to fill in their complete birthday. Instead they only are asked to reveal the month and day of their birthday.
The Tennessee House Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee will hear HB 2067 on Wednesday, February 23. The bill lowers the petition for new party recognition from 2.5% of the last gubernatorial vote, to .5%. It also lowers the vote test for party retention from 5% to 1%.
John Danforth, who was a Republican U.S. Senator from Missouri 1976-1995, says in this news interview that he thinks a moderate Republican running as an independent could be elected in his state this year.
Nebraska State Senator Julie Slama has introduced LR282CA, a proposed constitutional amendment. It would convert Nebraska elections for legislature from non-partisan to partisan.
On February 17, fifteen Wyoming legislators introduced SF 97. It would eliminate the ability of a voter to change affiliation on primary day at the polls. Instead any changes in partisan affiliation would need to be made approximately two months before any primary. Here is the bill.
