On June 5, the House Administration Committee heard testimony on HR 2115, which was introduced by Congresswoman Candace Miller (R-Michigan) to make it less likely that individual voters will vote in two states in the same election. Two witnesses testified in favor, but the President of the League of Women Voters, Elisabeth MacNamara, testified against the bill as currently written.

The bill amends the National Motor Registration Act of 1993 (“motor voter”) to provide that when anyone applies for a driver’s license, the state driver’s license application form must ask the applicant to indicate whether he or she resides in another state or resided in another state prior to applying, and if so, to indicate which state will be the voter’s residence for purposes of voting. If the applicant does mention another state, the other state’s driver’s license office will be notified.

Here is the testimony of the League of Women Voters against the bill. The League supports the goal of the bill but feels the bill as written is flawed. Here is a news story about the hearing.

On May 31, Paul S. Leon, Mayor of Ontario, California, changed his registration from “Republican” to “independent.” He has also filed for the special election to fill the vacant 52nd Assembly seat. That election will be on July 23. He will be facing eight other candidates, all of whom are Democrats or Republicans. See this story.

Leon ran in a special election earlier this year for State Senate, with the “Republican” label. He did not win.

Here is a link to the election returns for Missouri’s special U.S. House election. The Constitution Party nominee, Doug Enyart, is at 3.6%. While that is not an especially strong showing, it is easily the best showing for U.S. House that the Constitution Party has ever made in Missouri. Until this election, the party had never hit as much as 2% for any of its U.S. House candidates in Missouri.