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California only had two statewide ballot measures on the June 5, 2012 ballot. The votes won’t all be counted until the first week in July. As this story shows, the measure to impose a new tax on cigarettes was trailing … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: June 2012
The Alameda County Superior Court will hold a hearing in Rubin v Bowen on August 28, 2012, at 9 a.m., in Oakland. The case, filed last year by the Peace & Freedom, Libertarian, and Alameda County Green Parties challenges the … Continue reading
The Arizona Libertarian Party recently decided to open its August 2012 primary to independent voters, and to voters who are registered into unqualified parties. See this story. … Continue reading
Hotline studied California election returns in 1998 and 2000, and determined that the California top-two open primary is likely to injure Democrats, relative to Republicans. See a description here. In 1998 and 2000, California used a blanket primary. All candidates … Continue reading
The Arizona Republic (Phoenix), and the Arizona Daily Star (Tucson), the state’s largest two newspapers, have together run three opinion pieces in favor of the top-two open primary initiative, but so far none on the other side. The Star ran … Continue reading