On February 19, the Michigan Senate concurred in the House amendments to SB44, so the bill has now cleared the legislature and is on its way to the Governor. It provides for a presidential primary on the second Tuesday of March. For 2016, that would be March 8.
It is beginning to look as though at least half the states in 2016 will choose Democratic and Republican convention delegates during March.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says he will set the date of the special election in the 11th U.S. House district by Friday, February 20, according to this story. That is the date set forth in the U.S. District Court decision earlier this week. The court order said if the Governor didn’t set the date by February 20, or give a good reason why, then the Court would set a date instead.
On February 18, the Utah Senate passed SB 104, concerning local school board elections. The bill provides, among other things, that very large school districts must use partisan elections. The bill affects only four school districts in the state. See this story.
According to this story, it is likely that the Florida legislature will pass a bill setting a mid-March presidential primary. In 2012, the Florida presidential primary was January 31.
New York Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh (D-Manhattan) has introduced AB 3389, to require better designed ballots. Here is information about the bill. It is not easy to read the bill summary or the bill itself and completely understand what it would do, although the bill requires larger font size for the names of candidates.
Here is what the November 2014 New York ballot looked like, in the counties outside New York city. Thanks to Michael Drucker for this news.
