California Assembly Barely Passes Bill to Make it Illegal to Pay Registration...
On May 23, the California Assembly passed AB 1038. This is the bill that makes it illegal, “directly or indirectly” to pay registration drive workers on the basis of how many registrations they obtain...
View ArticleEmerson College Poll for Massachusetts U.S. Senate Race Doesn’t Permit...
On May 23, Emerson College Polling released the results of a poll for the U.S. Senate race being held in Massachusetts next June. Here are the questions, which were transmitted to respondents over the...
View ArticleMedea Benjamin, Green Party Activist, Gets Publicity for her Appearance at...
Medea Benjamin, a Green Party activist, and the party’s U.S. Senate nominee in California in 2000, is the subject of many news stories on May 23. She was in the audience at President Obama’s speech to...
View ArticleCalifornia Bill Advances, Would Repeal All Residency Requirements for...
On May 23, California SB 213 passed the Senate Appropriations Committee. It repeals all residency requirements for petitioners. Now it goes to the Senate floor. … Continue reading →
View ArticleThree California Parties Appeal to the Legislature for Election Law Relief
On May 23, the California Green, Libertarian, and Peace & Freedom Parties sent this one-page letter to each California legislator. It outlines the election law problems faced by these parties. A...
View ArticlePennsylvania State Senator Holds Public Forum on Ballot Access on May 28
Pennsylvania State Senator Mike Folmer will hold a Voters’ Choice Act town hall meeting on Tuesday, May 28. The purpose of the meeting is to gain publicity and spread information about his SB 195,...
View ArticleUtah Group Launches Initiative to Provide a Way for Party Members to Petition...
Utah is the only state in which it is impossible for a candidate to get on a partisan primary ballot unless he or she has substantial support at a party convention (except that in Virginia, sometimes...
View ArticleTexas Legislature Passes Election Law Bill Requested by Libertarians
On May 20, the Texas legislature passed SB 817. This bill had been requested by Texas Libertarians. It allows parties that nominate by convention to nominate someone, even though that person also holds...
View ArticleCalifornia Bills Advance, Would Make One-Candidate Elections More Common
On May 23, the California Assembly passed AB 141, which says that when a primary write-in candidate for Congress or partisan state office places second in the primary, he or she still can’t advance to...
View ArticleU.S. District Court Issues Fascinating Opinion on Presidential Qualifications
On May 23, U.S. District Court Judge Morrison C. England issued a 23-page opinion in Grinols v Electoral College, eastern district, California, 2:12cv-2997. The subject is presidential qualifications....
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