Showing posts with label 2014 state legislative session. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2014 state legislative session. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Update on 2016 DC Presidential Primary: Off to June

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Just before the holidays, the Washington, DC District Council voted unanimously to shift the presidential primary in the District from Apri...
Saturday, January 3, 2015

Close of Michigan Session Kills Presidential Primary Bill

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The Michigan state legislature gaveled to a close on Tuesday, December 30. This was more a formal adjournment than anything else as no vot...
Friday, December 19, 2014

Michigan Presidential Primary Move Bottled Up in State House Until After Christmas

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The Michigan legislature stretched what was to be its last day of the 2014 session working well into Friday morning on an 11 bill package w...
Thursday, December 18, 2014

DC on Cusp of a June 2016 Presidential Primary

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In late November the Council of the District of Columbia -- the lawmaking body for the nation's capital -- resurrected a bill from 2013 ...

Michigan Presidential Primary on the Move?

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Back in September the Michigan Republican Party formally endorsed a change of presidential primary dates. That was a non-binding move howev...
Monday, November 17, 2014

About That Michigan Electoral College Allocation Proposal

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Reexamining electoral vote allocation is back in the news again . The story is the same as it was two years ago when red-blue states, that...
Monday, August 25, 2014

So, It Turns Out Arizona Has Actually Moved Its Presidential Primary Back on the Calendar

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FHQ is still trying to figure out how and/or why, 1 but Arizona's presidential primary calendar move slipped under our radar back in Ma...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014

South Carolina Bill to Streamline Presidential Primary Funding Becomes Law

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Back in March the South Carolina state House took up, considered and passed HB 4732 . The legislation sought to clarify the method under whi...
Monday, July 7, 2014

Jindal Signature Nudges Louisiana Presidential Primary Up Two Weeks

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FHQ is late to this, but... On Thursday, June 19, Governor Bobby Jindal (R-LA) signed HB 431 into law. Originally, the bill was intended ...
Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Missouri Presidential Primary Shifts Back to March Following Nixon Signature

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On Wednesday, Governor Jay Nixon (D-MO) signed SB 892 into law. The new law moves the Show Me state presidential primary from the first Tu...
Sunday, June 1, 2014

Louisiana House Concurs on 2016 Presidential Primary Move to Early March

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The Louisiana state House today unanimously concurred ( 96-0 ) with Senate amendments added to a campaign finance bill. The Senate changes w...
Saturday, May 31, 2014

Amended Bill Would Bump 2016 Louisiana Presidential Primary Up Two Weeks

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The Louisiana Senate added an amendment yesterday to a state House bill on campaign finance that would move the presidential primary in the ...
Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Missouri Poised to Move Presidential Primary Back into Compliance with National Party Rules

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The Missouri House on May 5 passed SB 892 on a largely party line vote. The legislation would shift the date of the presidential primary in...
Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Missouri Senate Bill on Presidential Primary Passes Committee Stage in State House

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The Missouri Senate bill that would move the Show Me state presidential primary from February to March has gotten the thumbs up from both th...
Thursday, April 10, 2014

Missouri Senate Passes Bill Moving Presidential Primary to March

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Earlier, the Missouri Senate voted 25-7 to pass SB 892 . This is the bill that would shift the Show Me state presidential primary from Febr...

Nebraska Bill on Binding Delegates Based on Primary or Caucus Results Signed into Law

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When FHQ discussed Nebraska bill LB 1048 back in February , talk was that an amendment would be added to the legislation. That amendment wo...
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Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Missouri Presidential Primary Bill Clears Procedural Hurdle in Senate

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The Missouri state Senate voted on April 8 to finalize -- perfect -- its version of a bill to move the Show Me state presidential primary f...
Friday, March 28, 2014

A Step Closer to a March Presidential Primary in Missouri

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The Missouri state Senate Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee on March 26 gave the green light to a substitute ...
Thursday, March 27, 2014

Bill to Clarify Funding of South Carolina Presidential Primary Passes State House

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The South Carolina state House on March 26 unanimously passed HB 4732 . The record will show that the legislation does little more than remo...
Friday, March 14, 2014

Utah's Stake on the First in the Nation Presidential Primary a Casualty on Final Legislative Day

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Memories will fade [quickly] and all that most will remember is that the efforts in Utah these past few weeks to challenge New Hampshire and...