On February 21, the New Jersey Senate passed SB 119. This is the bill to keep presidential candidates off the ballot if they don’t release copies of their income tax returns, and to prohibit presidential electors from voting for anyone who hasn’t released the tax returns. The vote in the Senate was 23-11.
On February 21, the Colorado House passed SB 19-42, the National Popular Vote Plan bill. The bill had already passed the Senate.
On February 20, the Utah House Government Operations passed HB 259, the bill to end the straight ticket device.
The Socialist Party will hold a national presidential convention in October 2019. The city hasn’t been chosen yet. In recent decades the Socialist Party has followed this schedule for its presidential conventions.
On February 19, the Washington State House State Government Committee passed SB 5273. It had already passed the State Senate. It moves the presidential primary from May to the second week in March. Thanks to FrontloadingHQ for this news.
