On June 24, California AB 2233 passed the Senate Elections Committee unanimously. It cuts the number of signatures in lieu of the filing fee in special legislative and congressional elections. The rationale for the bill is that in special elections, the petitioning period for this type of petition is invariably shorter than the petitioning period(More)…
The Orange County, North Carolina, Republican Party is actively working on the petition drive of an independent candidate for Register of Deeds for the county. North Carolina has very stringent requirements for independent candidates, and independent candidates for partisan county office need 4% of the registered voters. The independent candidate, Gayle Chaney, needs 4,300 valid(More)…
The ladder not only broke the window but demolished the framework as well, the only fortunate thing was that the neighbor was not home at the time and therefore was …
On June 23, U.S. District Court Judge Neil Wake declined to enjoin Arizona’s county distribution requirement for petitions to place statewide candidates on the primary ballot. Arizona law requires signatures of one-half of 1% of the registered members of a party to sign statewide primary petitions. In addition, the one-half of 1% standard must be(More)…
All ballot-qualified parties in North Dakota nominate by primary. The primary is open. On primary day, all voters are free to choose any party’s primary ballot. The only ballot-qualified parties in North Dakota in 2010, and also in 2014, were the Republican, Democratic, and Libertarian Parties. Although it is not possible to know the exact(More)…
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On June 21, delegates to the Montana Republican Party state convention endorsed the idea that the party should work to close its primaries. Montana has always had open primaries. See this story. The party also endorsed run-offs for general elections, when no one gets 50% in November. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.
According to this Politico article, Senator Rand Paul is about to introduce a bill to permit ex-felons who had been convicted of non-violent crimes to register to vote in all states. However, the bill will only apply to federal elections, because the U.S. Constitution says states can set voting qualifications for state and local elections.(More)…
How the One Subject at a Time Act could save your tax dollars
I think most people will say they want to have a place of their own. I count myself among that group, though I have also said that I never want …
