On Monday, April 8, Texas State Representative Patricia Harless pulled her bill, HB 2093, which would shorten the early voting period in the state after receiving opposition in the House Elections Committee. The bill would have shortened the amount of early voting days from fourteen to seven.
Online voter registration in California was found to increase the voting base of minority and low-to-middle income populations. Study from UC Berkeley.
At the November 2012 elections for U.S. House and Assembly, thousands of voters went to the polls, but left their ballots blank for either or both of those two offices.
California State Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) and Assemblyman Jeff Gorell (R-Ventura County) have introduced identical proposed state constitutional amendments…
The latest information on the effects Top-Two Open Primary had on the 2012 state and federal elections in California reveals that the new system does, in fact, result in more competition, increased cross-over voting, and leads to more moderates being elected to the State Legislature.
Issue 2 would shift redistricting power in the Ohio by barring elected officials from sitting on the redistricting commission.
IndependentVoting.org, a national strategy, communications, and organizing center working to connect and empower the 40% of Americans who identify themselves as independents, has begun conducting a survey to educate and activate Arizona voters about Proposition 121, the Top-Two Open Primary Initiative.
