With Pennsylvania s primary election less than 60 days away, a nonpartisan group is stepping up the pace to educate people on voting by mail and by absentee ballot. The redesigned mail-in ballot will debut statewide in April for more than eight-million registered voters. The ballot materials have a barcode, so no individual voter can be identified, said Jessica Myers, who co-chairs the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania s voter services. .
Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed new congressional maps into law. The move comes a few days after Democrats in the legislature rejected maps drawn by the state s Independent Redistricting Commission. .
South Dakota is once again at the center of a debate about the future of direct democracy. A legislative plan would shake up signature rules for citizen-led ballot initiatives. Now making its way through the state Senate, the plan would create a process for people who want their signature removed from a petition for a statewide ballot question. .