Showing posts with label 2019 state legislative session. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2019 state legislative session. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Appropriations Bill Sets Up Early Voting in 2020 Massachusetts Presidential Primary

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The Massachusetts House on Tuesday, October 15 moved quickly on an appropriations bill -- H 4127 -- that funds and establishes early voting...
Thursday, September 19, 2019

June 2 Presidential Primary Bill Crawls Forward in Washington, DC

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Earlier this week, the Washington, DC Council reconvened following a lengthy recess. Among the first items the body considered on the consen...
Monday, September 16, 2019

New York Presidential Primary Shifts to April 28

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One day prior to the bill becoming law without his signature, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed SB 6374 into law. The measure schedu...
Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Maine Ranked Choice Voting Presidential Primary Bill Revived in Special Session

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The Maine legislature convened a brief special session on Monday, August 26 and raised the ranked choice voting presidential primary bill ...
Sunday, August 4, 2019

Puerto Rico Democratic Primary Shifts to March 29

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Among his last acts before officially resigning his post, Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló signed into law legislation -- S 1323 --...
Friday, July 19, 2019

Earlier June Presidential Primary Move Inches Forward in DC

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The District Council in Washington, DC returned to work on B23-0212 this week for the first time since a committee hearing at the end of ...
Thursday, July 18, 2019

Ohio Budget Bill with Presidential Primary Move Passes the Legislature

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On Wednesday, July 17, both chambers of the Ohio legislature adopted a conference committee report for the fiscal year 2020-21 budget. The v...
Friday, July 12, 2019

Puerto Rico Bill Moving Presidential Primary to March Cleared Both Houses of the Legislature

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Legislation has advanced through both houses of the Puerto Rico Legislative Assembly to move the Democratic presidential primary in the is...
Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Ohio Republicans Chart Subtle Calendar Move to Preserve Winner-Take-All Allocation

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The Ohio Republican Party was going to have to make a change to its delegate allocation rules for 2020 anyway. The question has always been...
Thursday, June 20, 2019

Louisiana Presidential Primary Moves to April on Edwards' Signature

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Governor John Bel Edwards (D) on Thursday, June 20 signed into law the omnibus elections code bill -- HB 563 -- that has been working its...

Governor Mills' Signature Sets Maine Presidential Primary for Super Tuesday

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A day after LD 1626 cleared its last legislative hurdle on the final day of the 2019 Maine state legislative session, Governor Janet Mil...
Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Fate of a Reestablished Presidential Primary in Maine Not Clear Entering Final Legislative Day

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Wednesday, June 19 represents the statutorily mandated end of the 2019 legislative session in Maine. And among the unfinished or unresolve...
Tuesday, June 18, 2019

New York Assembly Passes April Presidential Primary Bill

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The New York Assembly on Tuesday, June 18 had on its calendar the Assembly version ( A8176 ) of a bill to set the presidential primary dat...
Sunday, June 9, 2019

New York April Presidential Primary Bills Outline 2020 Delegate Selection in the Empire State

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Although New York Democrats signaled in the April release of the state party draft delegate selection plan that April 28, 2020 would be t...
Thursday, June 6, 2019

New Arizona Budget Contains a Presidential Primary Opt-Out for State Parties

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The scaling back from primaries to caucuses to help the incumbent beat has been quiet for a while now. Such is the nature of the decentrali...
Wednesday, June 5, 2019

April Presidential Primary Bill Has Passed the Legislative Stage in Louisiana

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Last week the Louisiana Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee passed an amendment to HB 563 , a bill focused on revising some technic...
Tuesday, June 4, 2019

On to the Governor: Maine House Passes Super Tuesday Presidential Primary Bill

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The Maine state House on Tuesday, June 4 made quick work of the amended bill the state Senate passed the day before to reestablish a presi...
Monday, June 3, 2019

Maine Senate Advances Super Tuesday Primary Bill

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A May 10 committee hearing left the fate of at least two presidential primary bills in limbo. The first ( LD 1083 ) would reestablish a...
Friday, May 10, 2019

Maine Committee Working Session Offers Little Clarity on 2020 Presidential Primary

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On Friday morning, May 10, the Maine Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee convened for a working session on a number of bills. Among thos...