Except in California, no state legislature is likely to be considering election law bills during August. Rhode Island’s House is not expected to come back into session until September, when the House may perhaps pass SB 203, which eases ballot … Continue reading
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North Carolina is one of 13 states in which state income tax forms ask the taxpayer if the taxpayer wants to make a donation to a particular ballot-qualified party. In eleven of those states, all ballot-qualified parties are listed on … Continue reading
On May 14, the California Senate passed SB 34 by a vote of 22-14. It makes it illegal to pay an initiative petition circulator on a per-signature basis, either directly or indirectly. This means that circulators could not even be … Continue reading
On June 15, the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization heard much testimony about the political status of Puerto Rico, and then passed a consensus resolution calling on the United States to expedite some means for Puerto Rico to determine … Continue reading
On May 7, the Nevada Senate Legislative Operations and Elections Committee took testimony on AB 413, the National Popular Vote bill. The committee will vote later. See this article in the Nevada Appeal (Carson City’s newspaper), which describes arguments against … Continue reading