Michael Feinstein, a Green Party leader and a former Mayor of Santa Monica, has this article about California’s Proposition 14 at Fox & Hounds. Feinstein also debates Proposition 14 on Los Angeles Public Radio KPCC on May 27, Thursday, at … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2010
For a year now, the campaign to pass Proposition 14, the California top-two measure on the June 8, 2010 ballot, has ignored the problem that Proposition 14 injures minor parties. However, the Los Angeles Times ran this editorial on May … Continue reading
The recent 9th circuit decision in McComish v Bennett upheld an Arizona public funding law. That law provides for extra public funding for candidates who have a well-funded opponent who is using only privately-raised money. Meanwhile, everyone is waiting for … Continue reading
Ever since 1983, the Ohio petition deadline for independent presidential candidates has been 75 days before the general election. However, Ohio has just changed that deadline to 90 days before the general election. The change effectively moves the deadline from … Continue reading
California Progress Report has this commentary about Proposition 14, the top-two ballot measure on the June 8, 2010 California ballot. The commentary, by Calitics editor Brian Leubitz, also appears in Calitics, and itself links to Enik Rising, a blog by … Continue reading
On May 13, the lawsuit Friedlander v Brunner, 2:10cv-378, was settled out of court. The lawsuit had been filed April 27, 2010, to challenge an Ohio ban on out-of-state circulators for initiative and referendum petitions, and also to challenge a … Continue reading