On April 29, the Hawaii legislature passed HB 2590. Starting in 2018, individuals who are not already registered to vote will be able to register to vote on election day at the precinct. For 2016, that will not be possible, but for 2016 only, such individuals can register on election day at the county’s election administration office. Here is a link to the bill. Thanks to Rick Hasen for this news.
On April 30, the Louisiana Senate Committee on Senate & Governmental Affairs passed HB 193, which lets a party use the word “Independent” in its name. The bill has already passed the House.
This interesting story about the Communist Party appears in the BBC News Magazine. Although the story is fairly lengthy, it does not mention that the party long ago gave up running candidates for public office. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link.
New Mexico Representative Sandra Jeff will be a write-in candidate for re-election in November 2014. See this story. She failed to get on the Democratic primary ballot, because she didn’t have enough valid signatures. She can’t be a write-in in the Democratic primary because New Mexico does not permit write-in votes in primaries. She can’t be an independent candidate in November because New Mexico does not allow independent candidates who have recently been registered members of qualified parties.
In 1997, the New Mexico legislature passed a bill abolishing write-in space on general election ballots, but then-Governor Gary Johnson vetoed it, so New Mexico still allows write-ins in the general election.
Ballot Access News
April 1, 2014 – Volume 29, Number 11
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