On February 23, California Assemblymen Gene Mullin and Mark Leno introduced AB 1294. It would let any city or county choose to use Instant-Runoff voting for its own elections. Currently, only chartered cities and chartered counties may do so without … Continue reading
Back on August 23, 2006, the 3rd circuit ruled adversely in the Pennsylvania ballot access lawsuit Rogers v Corbett. The issue was whether the state could force qualified parties to submit petitions for their nominees, even though those parties had … Continue reading
Iowa’s legislature will probably pass HF 399, which permits people to register at the polls on election day. Iowa’s neighbors Minnesota and Wisconsin have had same-day voter registration for many years, and the perception is that it works well there. … Continue reading
On February 22, the Kansas Senate unanimously passed SB 320, which gives the Secretary of State authority to set the presidential primary date whenever he wishes. The expectation is that the Secretary of State would use this authority (assuming the … Continue reading
On February 13, nine North Carolina Senators introduced SB 168, to move the presidential primary from May to February. The primary for other office would remain in May. … Continue reading
