On Monday, the Missouri Senate Financial, Governmental Organizations, and Elections Committee heard testimony on several measures. Senate Bill 1245, sponsored by Sen. Gary Nodler, R-Joplin, would bar a felon from holding public office in the state.
The committee also heard testimony on House Bill 1310, sponsored by Rep. Theodore Hoskins (D-Berkeley). The legislation would require independent candidates to file declarations of candidacy and petitions for nomination by the same deadlines established for other candidates.
Committee chairman Sen. Delbert Scott (R-Lowry City) said the bill would help make the playing field more level and help prevent political “games” commonly played by both Democrats and Republicans.
Sen. Harry Kennedy (D-St. Louis) said the bill would help prevent “shenanigans” and people trying to “skirt the system.”
The committee also heard testimony on Senate Bill 1231, a proposal to implement instant runoff voting in Missouri, a system where voters rank the candidates in order of preference using one ballot.
Sen. Jeff Smith (D-St. Louis) presented the bill on behalf of sponsor Sen. John Loudon (R-Chesterfield).
Under the system, if no candidate has a majority, the lowest ranked candidate drops out and the next highest rankings on the ballots are attributed to the other candidates accordingly, until a candidate achieves a majority.
April 1st, 2008 at 6:19 am
Great to see the issue of instant runoff voting on the table. It makes so much sense once states have voting processes ready to handle voters ranking a second choice after indicating their first choice — that simple act helps protect majority rule and goes nicely with easier ballot access. See http://www.fairvote.org/irv for how it’s working and gaining support around the coujntry.
Instant runoff ballots also make sense for long-distance voters any time there is a runoff close to the first round — that idea won 91% support the last time it was on the ballot in Springfeld, Illinois. See http://www.includeeveryvoter.org
April 1st, 2008 at 2:14 pm
How does everyone feel about the Quicktime movies? Yeh or Nay? Are they coming up OK on your computer?
April 1st, 2008 at 7:04 pm
The movies seem to slow everything down–my office computer (a PC) even popped up a message saying something was running so slow it was going to affect my performance. My home computer (MAC) just seems to take a long time to load the pages…
April 1st, 2008 at 9:47 pm
The pages? All the pages or just this post?
April 1st, 2008 at 11:20 pm
They are all a bit slower than the old site–It looks like you have changed some of your providers. However, this post is slowest. It seems to “hang up” as it is loading. It’s done it twice now.
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:49 am
AF-
The videos work nicely for me. No buffering or waiting, just plays instantly. (my pc is VERY old.) I wonder if the other folks need an update or something?
April 2nd, 2008 at 8:03 pm
I have also noticed that site takes longer to load
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:36 pm
First, for all you non-techies: just skip over this thread.
Avidfollower, you say you’ve noticed “the site takes longer to load.” Do you mean the whole site or just this one post? Because the videos on this post (this particular page) shouldn’t affect the rest of the site.
Anyway, we may be using more QuickTime videos on the site so I just wanted to get people’s opinions. Now, in all fairness, there are 4 QuickTime videos loading at the same time on this page. That won’t usually be the case. We’ll take it easy on your older PCs
Thanks for your responses, everyone.