On March 12, the Washington State Senate passed SB 5599, the National Popular Vote Plan bill for presidential elections. The vote was 28-21.
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On March 16, a new lawsuit was filed in Solano County, California, state court, over the identity of the proper officers of the American Independent Party of California. The case is King v Robinson, fcs033119. This is yet another round over the disputed state conventions of the AIP in 2008. Previous lawsuits filed by the faction of the party that is allied with the national Constitution Party never reached a resolution on the merits, because of procedural flaws in the filings.
A bill pending in the Maine legislature, LD 3, has made no progress by certain legislative deadlines, and is therefore dead. It would have said that the term for voters who are not registered in a qualified party is “Independent Voter”, not “Unenrolled voter.”
A bill pending in the Maine legislature, LD 3, has made no progress by certain legislative deadlines, and is therefore dead. It would have said that the term for voters who are not registered in a qualified party is “Independent Voter”, not “Unenrolled voter.”
Vermont Representative Jason Lorber (D-Burlington) has introduced H298. It provides that in special U.S. House elections, there would no longer be a primary. Instead there would be a single election event, at which all candidates would run, and Instant Runoff Voting would be used.
In addition, the bill says that when a U.S. Senate vacancy occurs, the vacancy would also be filled with a special election, using IRV. That part of the bill would eliminate the authority of the Governor to appoint a U.S. Senator to fill a vacancy.