Legislation

Noting that questions of gubernatorial candidate residency is an issue best left to the voters, we opposed this legislation which would impose a five-year residency requirement on any individual who seeks to become a candidate for governor or other general offices.

We supported this proposed constitutional amendment which would remove the state Constitution’s onerous requirement that bars individuals from voting in an election, except for President, unless they have registered to vote at least 30 days in advance.

We opposed this bill to allow healthcare employees who have been assaulted at work to have their names and addresses removed from the voter rolls.

Though encouraging voter registration is an important and laudable cause, we were constrained to oppose this legislation which would have changed the current opt-in process for registering to vote at the DMV to an opt-out method.

We voiced concerns about a bill which would allow for municipalities to substitute newspaper notifications for important electoral issues with a post on the municipality’s website.

Regardless of who a vote is for, even if it is for an inevitably losing cause, all voters fundamentally deserve the right for their votes to be counted.