On July 30, the Massachusetts legislature passed the bill for automatic voter registration, which is now HB 4834. Automatic voter registration helps groups and candidates that must petition to be on the ballot. It means that petition validity improves.
Ballot Access News
July 1, 2018 – Volume 34, Number 2
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The Boston Globe here editorializes in favor of moving the Massachusetts non-presidential primary from September to sometime in the spring. Thanks to Thomas MacMillan for the link.
The Massachusetts legislature only has two days remaining for its active 2017-2018 session. See this story. The bill for automatic voter registration is in conference committee. Because it has passed in both houses (although in differing versions) it seems likely to pass.
Mission Viejo, California, a city in Orange County, will use cumulative voting for city council elections starting in 2020. See this story.
Here is the wikipedia page about cumulative voting.
