Eight Oregon legislators have introduced SJR 22, which would amend the Constitution to change the voting age to 16. If the legislature approves it, it would be placed on the November 2020 ballot for the voters to decide whether to approve it. Thanks to Political Wire for this news.
Michael Steele, former national chair of the Republican Party, and Saul Anuzis, former chair of the Michigan Republican Party, have this op-ed in the Bangor Daily News. It argues in favor of the National Popular Vote, and quotes President Trump has having said that the winner of the national popular vote ought to be the person elected.
Tony Pecinovsky, a prominent leader of the Communist Party USA, is running for St. Louis alderman, 14th ward, in the Democratic primary. The primary is March 5, 2019, and then the general election is April 2.
Pecinovsky has one opponent in the Democratic primary, the incumbent. She has made his Communist Party affiliation an issue in the campaign. See this story.
The Communist Party has not run nominees under its own banner for many decades, but it still exists as an organized party, and has its national convention June 21-23. Thanks to Ken Bush for this news.
On the evening of Monday, February 19, the New Mexico House passed HB 86, to let individuals register to vote at the polls on election day. The House also passed HB 84, which provides that officials will automatically register every adult citizen known to exist, unless the individual asks not to be registered.
A new party, intended to contest local partisan elections in Hamilton County and Chattanooga, Tennessee, has been formed. It is the Justice Party, and it will attempt to collect enough signatures to be qualified within the county. See this story.
