On May 4, the Louisiana House defeated HB 598. It would have allowed ex-felons to register to vote when they are released from prison. Current law says they can’t register to vote until they are not only out of prison, … Continue reading
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On May 4, U.S. District Court Judge William B. Shubb, a Bush Sr. appointee, upheld the action of the California Secretary of State relative to the Independent Party. The Secretary of State has refused to tally the number of voters … Continue reading
On April 28, the Ninth Circuit cancelled the May 4 scheduled oral argument in Ravalli County Republican Central Committee v McCulloch. This is the lawsuit filed by ten Montana county Republican parties against the open primary, as applied to the … Continue reading
On May 4, the Ninth Circuit heard Democratic Party of Hawaii v Nago, 13-17545. The issue is whether the Democratic Party has a constitutional right to avoid having its nominees chosen in an open primary. Hawaii voter registration forms do … Continue reading
Colorado now has closed primary elections, and generally only the Democratic and Republican Parties have primary elections, although in rare cases qualified minor parties also have them. Also, currently, Colorado has no presidential primaries An initiative is circulating that would … Continue reading
James Ogle and his organization are holding a U.S. Senate debate in Monterey, on Sunday, May 15, at 2 p.m., in the Monterey Youth Center at 777 Pearl Street. The room holds 150. All 34 candidates who are on the … Continue reading