Constitutional convention...or Pandora's Box?

Announcements

• State brand online store: https://www.shoptravelok.com/
• Anti Hunger Day - Tuesday Feb 25th 
• Presidential primary: March 3rd
• LFT Capitol Day: April 1st
• Census starts: April 1st
• Child Advocacy Day: May 6th

This week at the Capitol:

• Tribal gaming update
• OMES says $85.5m less to appropriate this year from last year
• Senate approved SJR to call a constitutional convention
• School suicide awareness passes senate committee
• Snow cones soon to be available in the winter 
• Chamber of origin committee deadline next Friday 2/28

State questions update

• 802 (Medicaid expansion) waiting for governor to place on a ballot
• 805 (CJR) collecting signatures
• 807 (rec weed) legal challenge to be heard on 2/26
• 808 (rec weed) can collect sigs, but Tay is incarcerated
• 809 (gun repeal) received legal challenge from
• 810 (independent redistricting) waiting for legal challenge on 2/28

Let’s talk elections

• Caucus vs Primary
• Briefly discuss/ debate their merits (wacky vs normal)
• Super Tuesday!
• State races primary: June 30
• Online Voter Registration [probably] coming in 2021
• State race candidate filing: Apr 8-10
• Odd fact: elections are prohibited, by law, in the months of May, July, Sept, Oct, & December of even-numbered years.