The Maine House will probably vote on LD 144 on May 28 or May 29. This is the bill to shrink House membership from 151 members to 131 members. As a proposed Constitutional change, it needs two-thirds support in each … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2009
The Nevada National Popular Vote Plan bill, AB 413, cannot become law this year. Although it passed the Assembly on April 21, and has never been defeated in the Senate, it didn’t move through any Senate committee fast enough to … Continue reading
The Nevada National Popular Vote Plan bill, AB 413, cannot become law this year. Although it passed the Assembly on April 21, and has never been defeated in the Senate, it didn’t move through any Senate committee fast enough to … Continue reading
The May 28 issue of the Lake Forester (the daily newspaper of Lake Forest, Illinois) has this editorial, criticizing the legislature for retaining the state’s primary in February. No state has ever had its congressional primary that early in a … Continue reading
On May 27, as noted below, the Louisiana Committee on House and Governmental Affairs heard an hour’s testimony about HB 776, the bill to eliminate congressional primaries for small qualified parties. As noted below, the bill was defeated after two … Continue reading
On May 26, the Connecticut House passed HB 6435, to let people register to vote at the polls on election day. Such voters would need to show a drivers license or a utility bill, confirming their address. Now the bill … Continue reading