Video & Transcript Research : 'write-in candidate'
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TX
Keywords:
Texas Election Code, elections, voting station, polling place, ballot marking, ballot reading, child accompaniment, minor, parental supervision, voter education, secretary of state, county election administrator, voter assistance, election administration, poll worker rules, ballot secrecy, HB 496, ballot option, none of the above, abstain from vote
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government Jun 23rd, 2026
Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
Transcript Highlights:
- The third amendment is for write-in candidate requirements.
- The third amendment establishes a minimum vote threshold for write-in candidates.
- However, under the current charter, a write-in candidate could theoretically be elected with only a handful
- This amendment creates parity between ballot candidates and write-in candidates, requiring write-in candidates
- This proposal does not restrict write-in candidates or, in fact, the ballot counting.
Keywords:
North Attleborough, town charter, home rule charter, municipal government, local option, charter amendment, Parks and Recreation Commission, Park Commission, write-in candidate, sticker candidate, ballot access, town election, bylaw, ordinance, board membership, local approval, Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, planning board, associate members
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government held a hybrid hearing on several local bills and home rule petitions. The first item was Senate Bill 3092, authorizing the city of Newton to issue pension obligation bonds or notes. Senator Cindy Creem and Mayor Mark Laredo’s chief of staff, Dana Hansen, testified in support, saying the measure would help Newton manage its pension liability, preserve its AAA bond rating, and create about $10 million in budget flexibility over five years. Senator John Keenan supported the bill but cautioned that pension obligation bonds depend on favorable market timing and careful assumptions about future funding and hiring.
The committee then heard Senate Bill 388 for the town of Boylston, which would allow the town to contract for a newly created police lieutenant position. Town officials said the position is needed because of growth, public safety demands, and the need for a second-in-command to handle internal affairs, coordination, and field command. Representative Wells asked why a home rule petition was needed, and the chief explained that legal counsel determined the management position required a contract structure rather than a standard personnel plan. The committee also heard House Bill 5426 for North Attleboro, a charter amendment package that would make housekeeping corrections, expand the Board of Health from three to five members, and require write-in candidates to receive at least 25 votes to be elected.
The final major item was Senate Bill 3087 for Walpole, creating a water and sewer advisory board. Town officials supported the proposal as a way to improve coordination, planning, and public participation in response to PFAS compliance, aging infrastructure, and other system challenges. Several members of the elected Water and Sewer Commission and a town meeting member opposed the bill, arguing it would abolish an elected board, reduce voter representation, and consolidate authority in an appointed structure without a demonstrated public necessity. After testimony concluded and no further witnesses came forward, the committee entertained and adopted a motion to adjourn.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government Jun 23rd, 2026
Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
Transcript Highlights:
- The third amendment is for write-in candidate requirements.
- The third amendment establishes a minimum vote threshold for write-in candidates.
- However, under the current charter, a write-in candidate could theoretically be elected with only a handful
- This amendment creates parity between ballot candidates and write-in candidates, requiring write-in candidates
- This proposal does not restrict write-in candidates or, in fact, the ballot counting.
Keywords:
North Attleborough, town charter, home rule charter, municipal government, local option, charter amendment, Parks and Recreation Commission, Park Commission, write-in candidate, sticker candidate, ballot access, town election, bylaw, ordinance, board membership, local approval, Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, planning board, associate members
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government held a hybrid hearing on several local bills and home rule petitions. The first major item was Senate Bill 3092, authorizing the city of Newton to issue pension obligation bonds or notes. Senator Cindy Cream and Mayor Mark Laredo’s chief of staff, Dana Hansen, testified in support, saying the measure would help Newton manage its unfunded pension liability, preserve its AAA bond rating, and create about $10 million in budget flexibility over five years. Senator John Keenan supported the bill but cautioned that pension obligation bonds depend heavily on market timing and assumptions about future funding and hiring.
The committee then heard testimony on a Boylston bill, Senate Bill 3088, allowing the town to contract for a newly created police lieutenant position. Boylston officials said the town’s growth and public safety needs justify a second-in-command role with supervisory, internal affairs, and emergency command duties, and that a contract is needed because of the position’s management-level responsibilities. Representative Wells asked why a lieutenant position required a home rule petition, and the chief explained that town counsel advised the arrangement functioned more like an employment contract than a standard personnel-plan position.
Next, the committee took up House Bill 5426 for North Attleboro, a charter amendment package. Town Manager Mike Borg said the bill makes limited local changes: correcting charter language, expanding the Board of Health from three to five members, and requiring write-in candidates to meet a minimum vote threshold comparable to ballot candidates. The committee then heard Senate Bill 3087 for Walpole, which would create a water and sewer advisory board and change the governance structure for the town’s water and sewer system. Town officials supported the bill as a way to improve planning and accountability, but several elected water and sewer commissioners and a town meeting member opposed it, arguing it would abolish an elected board, reduce voter representation, and concentrate power in appointed officials. After testimony concluded, the committee adjourned without taking a vote in the hearing.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- And that's not just me saying it; it's actually in writing. It's in writing.
- She said that literally in her writing.
- Although the Bar gives great write-ups in the Attorney General magazine, they are one- Although the Bar
- gives great write-ups in the Attorney General magazine, they are one-sided.
- Early write-in ballot.
Bills:
SB1003, SB1006, SB1029, SB1037, SB1038, SB1039, SB1040, SB1053, SB1057, SB1060, SB1061, SB1068, SB1069
Keywords:
election, canvass, certification, ballot tabulation, write-in candidates, registration, voting procedures, campaign finance, contribution limits, reporting requirements, political action committees, elections, campaign contributions, candidate committees, posthumous provisions, termination process, Arizona Revised Statutes, voting systems, vote tabulation, election security
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Recently in primary elections in Texas, candidates have filed for the same office for nomination by multiple
- In other words, you can't be both a candidate for the Republican. party and the Democrat party. Mr.
- A candidate should not be able to appear in both parties or all parties, as is the case, with the same
- He cannot be the candidate. in November when you file for tea parties.
- candidate in the general election.
Bills:
SB38, SB287, SB291, SB292, SB508, SB618, SB901, SB1436, SB1494, SB1626, SB1719, SB1999, SB1333, SB 38
Keywords:
evictions, property law, tenant rights, landlord responsibilities, justice court, court rules, SB 287, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, sexually oriented business, adult entertainment, strip club, nude entertainment, live nude performance, alcohol prohibition, alcohol consumption, possession of alcohol, criminal offense, Class A misdemeanor, state jail felony, third degree felony
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- In 2015, when she told me what she saw in her election in Austin, I was like, "Oh my gosh, Laura, I'm
- in Austin!
- married, moving in with his in-laws, and walking 30 miles.
- in this room.
- I hold that I am a woman in myself, in my inner spirit.
Bills:
SB38, SB287, SB291, SB292, SB508, SB618, SB901, SB1436, SB1494, SB1626, SB1719, SB1999, SB1333, SB 38
Keywords:
evictions, property law, tenant rights, landlord responsibilities, justice court, court rules, SB 287, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, sexually oriented business, adult entertainment, strip club, nude entertainment, live nude performance, alcohol prohibition, alcohol consumption, possession of alcohol, criminal offense, Class A misdemeanor, state jail felony, third degree felony
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Constitution, Campaigns and Elections Committee Mar 5th, 2025
Constitution, Campaigns and Elections
Transcript Highlights:
- We are now in formal session this morning.
- Let's go to the Lord in prayer.
- This changes one word in an existing statute, and that changes the election in an off-presidential year
- I love, hopefully, we've got it in a better position now. ...got it in a better position.
- I know in Shelby County, our costs... ...know in Shelby County, it's a bunch of money.
Keywords:
primary election, election calendar, off-presidential year, May primary, second Tuesday in May, fourth Tuesday in May, runoff primary, special primary, presidential primary, election administration, candidate filing, ballot access, political parties, county election officials, state election law, Alabama elections, elections, voter registration, publishing requirements, cost-saving
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- As you can see from my handout, we had three candidates in our Constable Precinct 2 race.
- You've got to remember, these candidates and the election workers probably got up at about 3 or 4 in
- Were errors added by those who had a particular candidate in mind? None of that...
- As a candidate, I'm on the outside looking in.
- The reason is that, as a legislature, you all are in charge of writing the laws.
Keywords:
early voting, ballot correction, voting rights, election integrity, mail-in voting, voter notification, HB 766, precinct chair, precinct chair candidate, ballot application, Texas Election Code, Section 172.021, election administration, candidate filing, party precinct chair, county party, political party office, email address, telephone number, confidential candidate information
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Ethics and Campaign Finance Committee Feb 19th, 2025
Ethics and Campaign Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, clarity to candidate filings of statements of economic interest.
- So on page 10, you're talking about an independent candidate.
- Local candidates don't have a...
- Local candidates don't have a party, so um, not interested to be out here.
- Every candidate has their own date when they have to qualify to run.
Bills:
HB250
Keywords:
HB250, Alabama Ethics Commission, statement of economic interests, financial disclosure, candidate ethics, campaign finance, candidate filing deadline, qualifying papers, declaration of candidacy, independent candidate, ballot access, election law, ethics reform, public officials, public employees, asset disclosure, income disclosure, real estate holdings, indebtedness disclosure, late filing penalty
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/18/26 - Afternoon Meeting
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- all of the schedules that you have in your reports filed by candidates and reports filed by political
- activity in in those special elections. activity in in those special elections.
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provision.
Keywords:
libraries, electronic books, digital audiobooks, licensing agreements, public access, campaign finance, elections, political contributions, disclosure, reporting thresholds, economic interest statements, financial disclosure, ethics, public officials, local officials, metropolitan governmental unit, metropolitan area, candidate filings, principal campaign committee, political committee
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Apr 8th, 2025
County and Municipal Government
Transcript Highlights:
- But how many cities do we have in the in the metroplex, I guess, that in the in the metroplex, I guess
- in fiscal year 2020, you can see that in in fiscal year 2020, you can see that in in fiscal year 2020
- My my father-in-law played in dirt. My my father-in-law played in dirt.
- My my father-in-law played in there in the in the 40s. All right. And there in the in the 40s.
- the in the every school student in the in the every school student in the in the county. every one of
Keywords:
primary election, election calendar, off-presidential year, May primary, second Tuesday in May, fourth Tuesday in May, runoff primary, special primary, presidential primary, election administration, candidate filing, ballot access, political parties, county election officials, state election law, Alabama elections, sheriffs, term of office, Alabama law, local government
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/25/2026 - House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections
Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections
Transcript Highlights:
- In fact, Mr.
- block 13A, block 13B, and what I need to write in the supplemental, and they will review your forms
- My understanding now, with all of the potential changes that are not in writing, is that you all are
- Or is D in the striker? D is in the striker.
- Local petitions and never talk about candidates, so we regulate the voters in one way but don't regulate
Bills:
SB1003, SB1060, SB1134, SB1275, SB1327, SB1429, SB1618, SB1634, SB1654, SB1803, SCR1002, SCR1005, SCR1023, SCR1027
Keywords:
election, canvass, certification, ballot tabulation, write-in candidates, registration, voting procedures, voter registration, temporary absence, absentee voting, residency, military voters, overseas voters, election law, Arizona Revised Statutes, political signs, campaign materials, public safety, municipal regulation, veterans
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- Most of you know that in 2013, the Alabama Law Institute undertook to revise this in whole.
- in 1970, 71, or 72.
- In fact, I did a project on this in college many, many years ago.
- You saw the sign-in we talked about— the evidence sign-in.
- prison in another state. ... life in prison in another state other than Alabama.
Keywords:
vaccination, parental consent, minors, medical consent, guardian approval, criminal procedure, split sentencing, probation, Class A felony, Class B felony, minimum confinement, HB49, Alabama criminal code, capital offense, capital punishment, death penalty, rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, sexual torture, child sexual abuse
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
House and Governmental Affairs Apr 1st, 2026
House and Governmental Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- , and to participate in these meetings virtually when in-person attendance is not feasible.
- I'm sorry, I was in the back.
- When they can't be in person, they'll be able to participate and see it in live action like they can
- Did he make his way back in? Oh, come on in, Mr. Sternberg.
- Now I'm expected to be in a suit at the Capitol or at least in a coat and tie every week.
Keywords:
constitutional convention, Louisiana constitution, electoral process, government structure, delegate elections, legislative attendance, task force, executive meetings, public meetings, confirmation process, delegates, state election, ratification, Louisiana, absentee voting, incarcerated voters, voter registration, mail-in voting, election rights, felony conviction
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Feb 25th, 2026
Finance and Taxation Education
Transcript Highlights:
- thousand students in a whole system. thousand students in a whole system.
- in the classroom. in the classroom.
- different in the future.
- don't lose their house in bankruptcy. don't lose their house in bankruptcy.
- in place running it. a in terms of in place running it. a in terms of a<00:22:54.000>
board <00
Bills:
HB178, HB124, HB96, HB250, SB289, SB317, HB359, HB178, HB124, HB96, HB250, SB289, SB317, HB359
Keywords:
HB178, Ten Commandments, public schools, K-12 education, Alabama, school display, religious display, Bible, Judeo-Christian, Establishment Clause, church-state separation, religion in schools, founding documents, Mayflower Compact, Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, Northwest Ordinance, social studies, civics, history curriculum
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- This decision resulted in a guaranteed jackpot in 2023.
- Texas, in favor of the bill.
- Texas in favor of the bill.
- in favor of the bill.
- That was changed in 2017.
Keywords:
HB 668, Texas, handgun license, license to carry, LTC, concealed carry, open carry, firearm permit, gun license renewal, public safety, Department of Public Safety, DPS, Government Code Section 411.185, renewal fee, handgun permit, Second Amendment, carry permit, firearms regulation, HB 677, Texas Election Code
Summary:
The committee met to hear several bills, beginning with House Bill 766, which would require precinct chair applicants to provide an email address, phone number, or both on their applications while keeping that contact information confidential. No one testified for or against the bill, and it was left pending. House Bill 677, a companion to a previously approved Senate bill, would bar county election administrators from simultaneously holding another office or position appointed by an elected official; it also drew no public testimony and was left pending.
Members then heard House Bill 3133, which would add explicit deepfake material to the list of content social media platforms must handle through complaint systems, including prompt acknowledgment, investigation, and status updates. Senators discussed concerns about how platforms would verify whether reported content was actually a deepfake, and the sponsor indicated the bill may be held pending while federal law on the subject is reviewed. House Bill 668 would create a one-year grace period for renewing an expired Texas handgun license to carry, codifying an existing DPS practice; it also received no testimony and was left pending.
The committee spent the most time on Senate Bill 3070, a major overhaul of the Texas Lottery system. The bill would move oversight from the Lottery Commission to TDLR, dissolve the commission, impose new restrictions on ticket sales and internet play, create a lottery advisory committee, increase transparency and audit requirements, and include a sunset review that could lead to abolishing the lottery if not continued by 2027. The author described the bill as a response to alleged misconduct and illegal practices by the commission, while a witness from the Christian Life Commission testified in favor, supporting changes to prize anonymity and other lottery restrictions. After testimony, the bill was left pending, and the committee recessed subject to the call of the chair.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Finally, this one-year grace period is in line with those rules already adopted by DPS in administrative
- This decision resulted in a guaranteed jackpot in 2023.
- player in a single transaction.
- Texas, and I am in favor of the bill.
- changed in 2017.
Keywords:
HB 668, Texas, handgun license, license to carry, LTC, concealed carry, open carry, firearm permit, gun license renewal, public safety, Department of Public Safety, DPS, Government Code Section 411.185, renewal fee, handgun permit, Second Amendment, carry permit, firearms regulation, HB 677, Texas Election Code
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- in odd years.
- in there.
- What I was saying is how it is in the current code: you have to write 25 days before... ...before the
- Every place in the law that says poll watchers are allowed in or they're not allowed in needs to be in
- writing because if it's not in the law, they don't want to let them in.
Keywords:
Texas elections, Election Code, uniform election date, November election, local elections, political subdivisions, general election date, election administration, municipal utility district, county elections, local government, ballot scheduling, candidate filing, voter turnout, election calendar, HB 3097, early voting, electronic application, mail-in ballot, voting accessibility
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission (11-15-22) - Part 1
Keywords:
KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFtuufVH7zQ, 2026-06-21T07:17:02+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, This is the first part of the up coming live stream for the Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission. The meeting will be held in in room 169 of the Capitol Annex and will contain both in person and remote members.
Part Two will begin if and when the Commission enters into an executive session., 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission (10-11-22) - Part 1
Keywords:
KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj97hlZQhnc, 2026-06-21T07:17:02+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, This is the first part of the up coming live stream for the Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission. The meeting will be held in in room 169 of the Capitol Annex and will contain both in person and remote members.
Part Two will begin if and when the Commission enters into an executive session., 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47