On February 13, the New Hampshire Senate Election Law Committee defeated SB 11. It would have let each U.S. House district choose its own presidential elector, in a manner similar to Nebraska and Maine.
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Two identical bills in pending in Minnesota on the subject of special elections. HB 66 and SF 1020 require that independent candidates and the nominees of unqualified parties must be given at least seven days to complete their petitions. Although even seven days is a very short period, in recent special legislative elections, the Secretary of State (who now has the discretion to set the petitioning period in special elections) has actually proposed that in some elections, only one day is permitted.
Most special elections are legislative elections, and the petition for legislative independents is 500 signatures.
The Federal Election Commission has finally published Federal Elections 2022. This is a 145-page book of election returns for 2022, for congressional primaries and elections. The FEC has been publishing these free books of election returns, every two years, starting in 1980.
These books are published very slowly. Note this is the 2022 book, not the 2024 book.
To obtain a copy, telephone the FEC at 800=424-9530, and choose the second phone prompt.
On February 21, the Wyoming House passed SF 98 on second reading. This is the bill that says candidates for school board will have their party membership printed on the ballot, even though parties don’t nominate candidates for this office. The bill had already passed the Senate.
On February 21, the plaintiffs in the federal lawsuit against the California top-two system filed an amended Complaint. See it here. Peace & Freedom Party v Weber, n.d., 3:24cv-08308.
The American Solidarity Party has joined the case. It has run for partisan offices in California, such as Governor, U.S. Senator, Secretary of State, and U.S. House. But because it is not a qualified party, when its members run in the primary, the ballot label is “Party preference: none” even though they are registered members of the American Solidarity Party. Therefore, the case now has a new issue, the ballot label issue.