Video & Transcript Research : 'primary elections'

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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Elections and Ethics Apr 6th, 2026 at 03:00 pm

Elections and Ethics

Transcript Highlights:
  • Secretary of the State Election Board, you are recognized.
  • Chairman, and the committee on Paul Zirre, Secretary of the State Election Board.
  • Is this a request bill from the state board of elections?
  • Senate Bill 1286 says that political subdivisions where county election boards hold elections must furnish
  • Please, Rusty Clark, the Assistant Secretary of the State Election Board, Mr.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/14/2026 - Senate Judiciary and Elections

Judiciary and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is just an attempt to really manufacture distrust in our election systems, our already secure election
  • , revising election district boundaries, and any other purpose specifically authorized. ...and election
  • And after the election, we had to vote to certify the election, and I said, 'What do you mean, certify
  • I didn't run the election.
  • official in charge of elections and has no authority to change vote totals, reject the election results
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs (Part II) Mar 31st, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Republican voters and three are primary voters, and we had focus groups in Houston and Tyler.
  • of that poll, which I think all of your offices have received, was overwhelmingly that Republican primary
  • It is our primary goal to affect safety in a manner that is positive and encouraging, and the irony of
  • His auto loan was $600,000, just for the first primary limit of a million dollars, and another $200,000
  • Because of that, most of these patients' own primary care doctors will not see them.
Summary: The Senate Committee on State Affairs convened to discuss several critical pieces of legislation including SB30 and SB38. Senator Betancourt introduced a committee substitute for SB38 which underwent a smooth adoption process, moving it favorably toward the Senate. The meeting featured a mix of invited testimonies where both proponents and opponents took the floor. One notable highlight included a testimony from Melissa Casey, who criticized the current legal state as prone to fraud and detrimental to both insurers and the public at large, contending that it inflated insurance costs across the board. The discussions delved deeply into the implications of the bills on judicial processes and potential insurance ramifications, with spirited debates surrounding issues of non-economic damages and jury rights. The atmosphere remained engaged as committee members heard varied perspectives on the bills, showcasing a robust democratic process. The meeting underscored the importance of public testimony in shaping legislation, ensuring that multiple voices were considered as the committee pressed on towards making decisions that affect the legal landscape of Texas.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/25/2026 - House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, if the people who certified the election, who ran the election, actually had knowledge that there
  • not the elected officials.
  • Elections equipment. All right.
  • Elections equipment. All right.
  • You know, when we got elected, our elections were in complete disarray, incredibly insecure.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Committee, February 11, 2026

Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:03:29.280> election<00:03:30.159> that<00:03:30.560> 24 in the 2024 primary
  • election that 24 in the 2024 primary election that 24 hours<00:03:31.360> notice<00:03:31.840
  • moments before an election. moments before an election.
  • > say<01:08:46.239> election<01:08:46.560> at election, some statutes say election
  • the primary election cycle after the primary election cycle after the registration<01:09:29.679>
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions, February 11, 2026

Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions

Transcript Highlights:
  • The only way to add time between the primary and general election is to move the primary election earlier
  • In 2025, House Bill 232 allowed that time by moving the primary election from the third week of August
  • is to move the primary<00:42:57.599> election<00:42:58.000> earlier<00:42:58.400> in
  • primary election earlier in the year. primary election earlier in the year.
  • election from the moving the primary election from the third<00:43:30.160> week<00:43:30.319>
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Madam Secretary, please call the roll for the House Elections Committee.
  • I mean, we've had swings in elections.
  • I mean, we've had swings<00:33:07.039> in<00:33:07.200> elections.
  • We've had different swings in elections.
  • primary option and clearly they have. primary option and clearly they have.
Summary: The joint meeting of the House Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee and the House State Government Committee was called to consider House Concurrent Resolution 45, sponsored by Representative Jason Petri. The resolution would support calling for a federal balanced budget amendment through the Article V process. Petri argued that Kentucky’s own constitutional balanced-budget requirement shows the value of fiscal restraint, and he said decades of federal deficit spending and rising debt make a constitutional amendment necessary. Governor Ron DeSantis and Lauren Ends of the National Campaign for a Balanced Budget Amendment also testified in support, emphasizing the growth of federal debt, the risk of a future debt crisis, and the view that Congress is unlikely to solve the problem on its own. Members asked about the mechanics and risks of an Article V convention, including whether the convention’s “sole purpose” language would be enforceable and whether a convention could become a “runaway” process. DeSantis and Ends said states can impose guardrails on delegates, including criminal penalties and delegate-limitation laws, and noted that any proposed amendment would still require ratification by 38 states. They also said that if Congress chose to draft the amendment itself in response to state pressure, that would be acceptable. One witness said 18 states have passed faithful-delegate or delegate-limitation laws. Representative Callaway asked what would happen if the debt issue is not addressed. Witnesses responded that continued borrowing could lead to economic dislocation, higher interest costs, and a debt crisis that would crowd out other federal spending. They said the current debt burden is already more than $100,000 per U.S. citizen and roughly $300,000 per taxpayer, and that a balanced budget amendment would be a first step toward stopping the growth of debt before any long-term paydown could occur. The transcript provided does not show a final vote or other committee action on the resolution.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/10/25

Elections Finance and Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:
  • between the primary and the general<00:26:30.960> election<00:26:31.480> locations<00:
  • > how<00:26:49.200> do the primary election you know how do the primary election you know
  • People know if you're posting it ahead of time that this is a primary election or a general election,
  • go to modernize their uh election go to modernize their uh election election<00:49:19.240> security
  • election apparatus and election security election apparatus and so<00:49:22.119> thank<00:49:
Bills: HF1345, HF71, HF993, HF1943
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Retirement May 11th, 2026

Retirement

Transcript Highlights:
  • So the election part, everything else stays the same as in the bill.
  • “Okay, so that’s one election?” “Yes, sir, one election.” “All right. Mr.
  • By adding another election, because we're already at one election, is that correct?
  • The retired members are elected.
  • It would be the same as the other members that are elected.
Bills: HB41