Here is an interview with Mindy Finn, vice-presidential nominee for Evan McMullin, about her experience in 2016 and what she plans to do next. She is still a registered Republican. Her name did not actually appear on the ballot in any state in November 2016. All eleven states that carried McMullin on the ballot also printed the stand-in’s name. The stand-in vice-presidential nominee was Nathan Daniel Johnson.
The Rhode Island legislature adjourned on July 3. During the session, five election law bills passed, the most newsworthy of which is HB 5702, to automatically register every adult citizen known to exist, unless the individual declines.
Also, four bills relating to polling place procedures passed: HB 5699, HB 5701, HB 5703, and HB 6008.
Interesting bills that did not pass are a proposed constitutional amendment to allow ranked choice voting for state office (HB 5513); bills to require presidential candidates to reveal their tax returns or be kept off the ballot (SB 91 and HB 5400); a bill to require write-in candidates who want their votes tallied to file a declaration of write-in candidacy (HB 6038); a bill easing the time for a voter to switch parties in order to vote in a primary from 90 days before the primary to 23 days (SB 343); and a restrictive bill moving the deadline for any candidate to file a declaration of candidacy from June to April (SB 346).
Virginia U.S. House member Don Beyer’s bill for proportional representation for most states, in U.S. House elections, now has a bill number: HR 3057.
UtahPolicy.com has released the results of its poll about the United Utah Party. The poll finds that 63% of Utah voters say they would be open to voting for the party’s candidates.
On July 3, Emmanuel Macron, president of France, delivered a speech to both houses of the national legislature of France, and said he wants proportional representation for France. Although western and central Europe generally uses proportional representation, Britain and France do not.
Macron also said that the government of the European Union must become more democratic. He said Britain left the European Union because of the problem that it is not response to European voters.
