BALLOT MEASURES

North Dakota: Republican State Senators have Passed a Constitutional Amendment that would Raise the Threshold needed for Voters to Approve Ballot Initiatives from a simple Majority to 60%. If State House Republicans also Approve the Amendment, it would go onto the November 2022 Ballot as a Voter Referendum and Only require a Simple Majority for Passage.

ELECTORAL COLLEGE

Arizona: Proposed Legislation that would have given Republican Legislators the Power to Overturn Democratic Elections by Rejecting Future Presidential Election Outcomes and having the Legislature directly determine the State's Electoral College Delegates has Failed to Advance.

North Dakota: Republican State Senators have Passed a Bill seeking to Undermine the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact by Barring Election Officials from Releasing the Vote Totals for Presidential Election Results until the Electoral College has Voted if the Compact ever enters into Effect. The Bill specifies that Only the VotePpercentages Won by Candidates would be Available in the Two Months between Election Day and the Electoral College Vote.

No other State does anything like what this Bill proposes, and it would only further Undermine Public Trust in the Electoral Process by adding Secrecy to Vote Counting. The Bill appears intended to do just that by seeking to make it Impossible to know which Candidate Won the national Popular Vote, especially if other GOP-run States were to follow suit.

ELECTORAL SYSTEM REFORM

Colorado: Democrats in a State House Committee have Passed a Bill along Party Lines that would make it Easier for Local Governments to adopt Instant-Runoff-Voting for Local Elections, with State Support for Administering its Use. Cities already have the Option to use Instant-Runoff-Voting, but this Bill would Remove remaining Hurdles to help Facilitate the Transition.










NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote! Michael H. Drucker