The Legal Marijuana Now Party is beginning the process of finding at least 28 more valid signatures, so as to be able to qualify for the Nebraska ballot. Earlier this month the Secretary of State had said it is short 28 valid signatures, but frequently when proponents of any type of petition do a more careful examination of the petition, they can find valid signatures that had been erroneously rejected.
Congressmember Steve Cohen (D-Tennessee) will soon introduce a resolution for a constitutional amendment to abolish the electoral college.
See his press release. Thanks to the Institute for Public Accuracy for the link.
New York holds primaries in June 2021 for local partisan office, including New York city offices. The petitioning period for primary candidates runs from February 23 to April 1. According to this newspaper story, many potential candidates are asking Governor Andrew Cuomo for a reduction in petitioning requirements, because the health crisis isn’t over. Thanks to Joe Burns for the link.
In 2019, the New York legislature moved the primaries for state and local office from September to June. New York wouldn’t be having this problem if the primary had remained in September.
Nebraska State Senator Julie Slama (R-Auburn) has introduced LB 76. It would eliminate the Nebraska law that lets each U.S. House district choose its own presidential elector. Instead, if the bill passed, Nebraska would imitate the 48 states with winner-take-all elector elections. Thanks to Rick Hasen for this news.
In last year’s election, one Nebraska district voted for Joe Biden, while the other two districts voted for Donald Trump.
Wisconsin state representative Gary Tauchen (R-Bonduel) is about to introduce a bill to let each U.S. House district choose its own presidential elector. The bill doesn’t have a number yet, but here is the draft, LRB 513/1.
