On December 16, the ACLU Voting Rights office filed a lawsuit in federal court against three Nebraska ballot access restrictions: (1) a law passed in 2007 that requires statewide independent candidate petitions (for office other than president) to include at … Continue reading
On January 19, a state court in Tucson, Arizona will hear the case called City of Tucson v State of Arizona. The issue is whether the State Constitution protects a city’s right to decide for itself whether it wants partisan … Continue reading
Thanks to Independent Political Report for the news that Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman and his wife both changed their registration from “Democratic” to “Independent” on December 15. See this story, in which Mayor Goodman says he hasn’t decided yet … Continue reading
The Boston Globe of December 16 has this editorial, telling the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in next month’s special election that she is wrong to refuse to debate, unless all three ballot-qualified candidates are invited. The person who wrote … Continue reading
On December 15, the California State Auditor began accepting applications for service on the Redistricting Commission. Here is the webpage for the explanation of how to apply, and the application itself. The Commission will draw the legislative district boundaries after … Continue reading
