On April 25, the Institute of Governmental Studies on the University of California Berkeley campus hosted a four-hour forum on California’s top-two system. Here is a San Francisco Chronicle story about the event. The reporter who wrote the story, Carla … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2014
Here are the preliminary primary election returns from North Carolina, for all three qualified parties. The Libertarian results for the U.S. Senate race are, so far: Sean Haugh 1,213; Tim D’Annunzio 784. Haugh is a long-time activist in the party. … Continue reading
On May 6, the Ninth Circuit issued a six-page opinion in Lindsay v Bowen, 13-15085, that manages to obscure, rather than illuminate, the issue of when and how a state election official can determine the constitutional eligibility of presidential candidates. … Continue reading
On May 6, the California Assembly Elections Committee passed two bills that ease ballot access restrictions. Both bills passed unanimously. AB 2351 makes it easier for parties to remain ballot-qualified. AB 2233 reduces the number of signatures in lieu of … Continue reading
The May 6 Sacramento Bee has this op-ed by Mike Feinstein, former Mayor of Santa Monica, on how California’s top-two system has injured the state’s minor parties. … Continue reading