The Alabama legislature adjourned for the year on May 20 at two minutes before midnight. The entire 2013 session only passed on election law bill, to provide for easier absentee voting for emergency relief workers during a natural disaster. Bills … Continue reading
The California Secretary of State’s web page now has a footnote in its list of instructions for candidates, concerning petitions in lieu of filing fee. The web page’s instructions to candidates continues to say “Each circulator of an in-lieu-filing-fee petition … Continue reading
On May 20, U.S. District Court Judge Philip Gutierrez held a status conference in Libertarian Party of Los Angeles County v Bowen, central district, 2:10cv-2488. This is the case in which the party challenges California laws that won’t let circulators … Continue reading
Last year, a professional petitioner who lives in Wisconsin sued nineteen California counties, arguing that he should be permitted to circulate petitions in California. That case is Raymond v various county election officials, eastern district, 2:12cv-2215. The counties asked the … Continue reading
The proposed U.S. Constitutional amendment, putting the right to vote into the Constitution, now has eleven sponsors. It is HJR 44. The sponsors, all Democrats, are: Mark Pocan (Wisconsin), Keith Ellison (Minnesota), Matt Cartwright (Pennsylvania), William Clay (Missouri), Donna Edwards … Continue reading
