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
On June 1, 2000, the Initiative and Referendum Institute filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., seeking to invalidate a new postal regulation barring petitioning on post office-owned sidewalks. That case is now only 5 days away … Continue reading
Larry Bragman, a city councilmember in Fairfax, California, has this op-ed in the May 27 issue of the Marin Independent-Journal about California’s Proposition 14, the top-two measure on the June 8 ballot. Bragman is a member of the Green Party. … Continue reading
The New York Times has this neutral story about California’s Proposition 14, the top-two measure. It is unfortunate that the story does not mention that Proposition 14 increases the requirements for parties to remain ballot-qualified. That is one of the … Continue reading
On May 25, leaders of the New York Independence Party voted to list Andrew Cuomo on its primary ballot for Governor. Because it is overwhelmingly likely that no one else will qualify for that primary ballot, it is a virtual … Continue reading
