New Hampshire Senate Passes Bill Moving Non-Presidential Primary from September to August

Posted on by May 27, 2021
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On May 27, the New Hampshire Senate passed HB 98, which moves the non-presidential primary from the second Tuesday in September, to the second Tuesday in August. It also moves the deadline for petitioning candidates to file a declaration of candidacy from June to May. Since that declaration even applies to presidential candidates, it would violate the U.S. Supreme Court precedent Anderson v Celebrezze.

The bill is not yet through the legislature, because the Senate version is different from the House version. Now the bill goes back to the House.

Independent Candidate Aged 18 Submits Petition for Mayor of New York City

Posted on by May 26, 2021
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The petition deadline for independent candidates, and the nominees of unqualified parties, for local office in New York state was May 25. One of the petitions was submitted for Thomas Downs, an 18-year-old running for Mayor of New York city. His ballot label is Future Party. He needed 3,750 signatures. See this story.

Although the 2020 session of the New York legislature increased the statewide petition from 15,000 to 45,000 signatures, it did not increase the local or district petitions. Furthermore in 2021 it passed a bill, cutting those petitions in half, for 2021 only.