The Republican, the daily newspaper of Springfield, Massachusetts, has this interesting story about Americans Elect and Dan Winslow. Winslow is a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate nomination in the upcoming special election. In 2010 and 2011 he was the chief ballot access attorney for Americans Elect. He is also a Massachusetts state legislator who has introduced two bills to improve ballot access.
On March 4, the Minnesota House Elections Committee passed HF 799, the National Popular Vote Plan bill. On February 20, the Oklahoma Senate Rules Committee passed SB 906, on the same subject.
The Herald News, leading newspaper of Passaic County, has this editorial, calling on New Jersey to abandon the use of electronic voting machines that have no paper trail.
On March 5, the Hawaii House passed HB 321, which permits individuals to register to vote on election day. The bill now goes to the Senate.
On February 19, Arizona SB 1388 passed the Senate Elections Committee unanimously. It says that candidates for statewide office and legislature would be permitted to collect signatures electronically. In Arizona, all candidates for partisan office (except presidential candidates running in a presidential primary) need petitions, whether they are aiming at a primary ballot or the general election ballot.
The bill has 9 sponsors, one Democrat (Steve Farley), and these eight Republicans: Richard Crandall, Michele Reagan, Steve Pierce, Bob Worsley, Adam Driggs, Chester Crandell, Steve Yarbrough, and Kimberly Yee.
