Idaho’s first presidential primaries were held in 1976. Ever since, Idaho presidential primaries have been in late May, and were simultaneous with the primary for other office. However, in 2012, the state canceled the presidential primaries because both major parties decided to use caucuses instead. Now the Idaho Senate State Affairs Committee has introduced SB(More)… …read more
The Arizona Secretary of State has posted this January 1, 2015 registration data. The data shows that the Green Party has 5,051 registrants. This is the first Green registration tally in Arizona since the October 1, 2013 tally, when the Greens had 5,601 registrants. The state had stopped releasing Green registration data because the party(More)… …read more
Roeland Park, KS — Recently in a number of US states, police have been writing people tickets for letting their cars warm up in the morning.
Not only are police extorting people for this common practice, but they have also been rummaging through people’s vehicles as a “demonstration” to show them how easily someone could steal their cars or belongings. Ironically the laws are said to be intended to prevent thieves from breaking into cars while the police are doing the job for them instead.
In Roeland Park, violators could face fines of up to $125, and in just a two-hour time …read more
Sylmar, CA– John Flores IV was driving to work early on the morning of Jan. 20, when he alleges he was pulled over by an LAPD vehicle. He says he was then kidnapped and assaulted.
Flores alleges that it is the same LASPD (Los Angeles School Police Department) officer that he had previously filed a civil suit against over multiple attacks during his freshman year in high school.
When Flores was pulled over on the 20th, he explains that he was instructed to lay on the hood of his car by LASPD officer Amirfar Zariett, who he immediately recognized. He …read more
Eleven South Dakota legislators, all Republicans, have introduced SB 166. It would change the number of signatures for a statewide initiative from 5% of the last gubernatorial vote, to 5% of the number of registered voters. If enacted, this would almost double the number of signatures needed. …read more
On February 4, the Michigan Senate Elections & Government Reform Committee passed SB 44. It moves the presidential primary from February to the third Tuesday in March. …read more
On February 3, the Kansas House Elections Committee passed HB 2108. This is the bill to reinstate the straight-ticket device. Kansas repealed it in 1923. See this editorial from the Kansas City Star, criticizing the bill. …read more
On February 4, at the beginning of the Oklahoma House Elections & Ethics Committee hearing, the chair of the committee announced that Speaker Jeffrey Hickman is unable to appear at the hearing today, so Hickman’s ballot access bill, HB 2181, won’t be brought up in committee today. Thanks to E. Zachary Knight for this news. …read more
