During June, the Maine legislature will consider two bills concerning ranked choice voting. One will ask the voters if they wish to amend the state constitution to allow it. The other will repeal the law providing for ranked choice voting that the voters passed last year. See this story.
On May 25, the California Senate Appropriations Committee passed SB 149 by 5-2. It bars candidates from the presidential primary unless they submit copies of their income tax returns for the last five years. The bill even applies to write-in candidates in a presidential primary. But it does not apply to independent presidential candidates. Here is the text of the bill.
Here is a link to the Montana Secretary of State’s web page, showing the vote for U.S. House, election of May 25.
On May 25, the United Utah Party, a new centrist party, submitted signatures for recognition as a political party. See this story.
On May 22, the New York State Senate passed SB 1115. It moves the primary for state and local office from September to August. It also moves the petition deadline for independent candidates and the nominees of unqualified parties from early August to early July. The vote was 35-26.
This bill conflicts with AB 3052, which has already passed the Assembly and which moves the petition deadline to May.
