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Georgia Secretary of State to Create Election Reform Panel
Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 November 2010 02:41 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 30 November 2010 02:41
From the Augusta Chronicle:
Secretary of State Brian Kemp announced Wednesday that he will appoint a non-partisan panel to recommend election reforms.
He made a brief announcement at the beginning of the monthly meeting of the State Elections Board that he chairs. He told the five-man board and the local elections officials in the audience that the panel will hold hearings around the state for input.
“My thought is we need to look at this as reform but also how can we reduce costs in elections to our counties and to the state,” he said.
Kemp said he would appoint the panel in coming weeks and that it would meet throughout the year. It will make its recommendations for legislation during the 2012 session.
He said he would consult with the major political parties and legislators about who should serve, but he declined to commit to giving a seat to minor parties.
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Oregon’s Split House May Help with Redistricting
Last Updated on Monday, 29 November 2010 02:52 Written by rslcpol Monday, 29 November 2010 02:52
Thanks to Republican gains, folks are optimistic the lines will get redrawn by the legislature and not the Secretary of State or Democrats by themselves.
From Oregonlive.com:
“I actually think it is more likely they can get it done than when there is partisan control” of both chambers, says Secretary of State Kate Brown, who will redraw the legislative lines if lawmakers and the governor can’t agree. Congressional lines will be drawn by state or federal courts if legislators can’t do it.
With both parties primed to work together from the start, says Brown, a former legislator, there may be less of the suspicion that accompanies a plan drafted by lawmakers of only one party.
Until the November election, Democrats were confident they would have the opportunity to totally control the redistricting if they could hold the governor’s office. They did that when Democrat John Kitzhaber won the governor’s race, but Republicans picked up six seats to gain a tie in the House.
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IA: Secretary of State plans to run again
Last Updated on Monday, 29 November 2010 02:12 Written by rslcpol Monday, 29 November 2010 02:12
Matt Schultz will be sworn in January and is making plans to run again when his first term is over.
From qctimes.com:
Matt Schultz won’t become Iowa Secretary of State until January, but he’s announced his re-election plans.
“In four years, I will run for secretary of state again,” Schultz recently told county auditors to reassure them he’s not using his election earlier this month as a stepping stone to higher office.
“I’m not Chet Culver,” he said, referring to the outgoing governor, who many people believe served two terms as secretary of state as part of his plan to run for governor.
However, Schultz doesn’t exactly rule out seeking higher office – someday.
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GA: Secretary of State to create Election Reform Panel
Last Updated on Friday, 19 November 2010 02:19 Written by rslcpol Friday, 19 November 2010 02:19
From Augusta Chronicle:
Secretary of State Brian Kemp announced Wednesday that he will appoint a non-partisan panel to recommend election reforms.
He made a brief announcement at the beginning of the monthly meeting of the State Elections Board that he chairs. He told the five-man board and the local elections officials in the audience that the panel will hold hearings around the state for input.
“My thought is we need to look at this as reform but also how can we reduce costs in elections to our counties and to the state,” he said.
Kemp said he would appoint the panel in coming weeks and that it would meet throughout the year. It will make its recommendations for legislation during the 2012 session.
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Updated: RSLC Election Day Memo
Last Updated on Monday, 8 November 2010 02:05 Written by rslcpol Monday, 8 November 2010 02:05
From RSLC.com:
In comparison to past elections, all indications are that Republicans had more success than either party has seen in modern history. As of 8:30 a.m. ET, Republicans had gained more than 500 state legislative seats nationwide, outperforming the 472-seat Republican gains of 1994 and the 322-seat Democratic gains of 2006. Before yesterday’s elections, Democrats controlled 60 of the country’s state legislative chambers, Republicans 36. After yesterday’s elections, at this point, Democrats control 40 chambers, Republicans 55 and two evenly divided (the Oregon House and the Alaska Senate). .
[Note: In the New York Senate, Republicans made significant gains and are awaiting results in several races that could lead to majority status.]
RSLC Chairman Ed Gillespie – Hero of the 2010 Elections
Last Updated on Friday, 5 November 2010 09:04 Written by rslcpol Friday, 5 November 2010 09:04
From the Washington Post:
Ed Gillespie is one of the heroes of the 2010 election cycle. He built American Crossroads and American Crossroads-GPS, which raised more than $60 million to help fuel Tuesday’s GOP takeover of the House, and aggressively supported Tea Party-backed Republicans in tight Senate races ($7.3 million to support Ken Buck in Colorado, $3.9 million to support Marco Rubio in Florida, $3.1 million to support Rand Paul in Kentucky, $5 million to support Sharron Angle in Nevada, and $1.3 million to support Pat Toomey in Pennsylvania). And the Republican State Leadership Committee Gillespie established was integral to the GOP’s historic 682-seat gain in state legislatures across the country that secured Republican control of 19 chambers and counting.
So it was unfortunate to see Sarah Palin (whom I greatly admire) criticize Ed this morning as “out of touch” because he said in a Fox News interview on Election Day that a new GOP House would “try to repeal those parts of the health-care reform bill, the Obamacare, that have caused premiums to go up and have shifted people out of their insurance they like into a public plan.” On his website, David Frum stoked the fire, declaring that “Gillespie has been warning against trying to repeal the Democratic health reform outright” and said this was a sign that after having “refrained from direct confrontation with Tea Party radicalism” Gillespie “may be getting ready to rumble.”
All of this is dead wrong.
RSLC Election Day Memo
Last Updated on Wednesday, 3 November 2010 01:53 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 3 November 2010 01:52
Election Day 2010 proved to be an even bigger “wave” election at the state level than anticipated. Voters overwhelmingly repudiated liberal policies at all levels, sweeping Democrats from office. As a result, Republicans will take control of dozens of statewide, constitutional offices and switch at least 19 legislative bodies to Republican control.
- AL House
- AL Senate
- CO House
- IN House
- IA House
- ME House
- ME Senate
- MN Senate
- MN House
- MI House
- MT House
- NH House
- NH Senate
- NC House
- NC Senate
- OH House
- PA House
- WI Assembly
- WI Senate
NM: Democrat Secretary of State Loses Out
Last Updated on Friday, 29 October 2010 01:33 Written by rslcpol Friday, 29 October 2010 01:33
From The New Mexico Independent:
But in a sharp rebuke of Democratic Secretary of State Mary Herrera (whose office will announce next Tuesday’s election results) four of the five papers also backed former Otero County clerk and state Sen. Diana Duran, Herrera’s Republican challenger.
Herrera’s office has been beset by allegations of mismanagement and controversial firings in recent months.
The Rio Grande SUN’s endorsements for governor and secretary of state will appear in Thursday’s paper, editor Lou Mattei said Wednesday morning. The Sun, which recently broke several stories about allegations of mismanagement and corruption in Herrera’s office, will likely endorse Duran as well.
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NM: Republican Outspending Democrat in Secretary of State Race
Last Updated on Friday, 29 October 2010 01:32 Written by rslcpol Friday, 29 October 2010 01:32
From The Daily Times:
Republican Dianna Duran is outspending incumbent Democrat Mary Herrera in New Mexico’s race for secretary of state.
Duran spent about $130,500 during the past three weeks and Herrera had expenditures of $78,800. Advertising accounted for most of the spending.
Campaign finance reports filed Thursday show Duran raised $77,600 and Herrera collected about $41,200.
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IN: Republican Leads Secretary of State Race
Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 October 2010 01:37 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 27 October 2010 12:52
From WFIE.com:
A poll released Tuesday by WISH-TV in Indianapolis shows 47 percent favoring White over Democrat Vop Osili, who has 31 percent.
Libertarian Mike Wherry has 6 percent.
Democrats say White committed voter fraud in the May primary by using his ex-wife’s home as his address when he didn’t live there.
White says it was an innocent mistake.
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