Primary Elections
Summary
Primary Elections; Requiring that a universal primary election open to all qualified electors, regardless of political party affiliation or lack thereof, be held for purposes of selecting candidates for specified federal, state, local, and district offices; specifying that the candidates receiving the highest and next highest number of votes in the universal primary election advance to the general election; modifying ballot layout requirements to conform to the addition of the universal primary election, etc.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 14, 2020
Last action Mar 14, 2020
Floor votes
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Mar 14, 2020
Senate · Failed
Died in Ethics and Elections
Mar 14, 2020
Senate · Failed
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
Jan 14, 2020
Senate · Introduced
Introduced
Oct 15, 2019
Senate · Referred to committee
Referred to Ethics and Elections; Appropriations; Rules
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Kevin J. Rader
DDemocratic
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