On May 20, the California Assembly Appropriations Committee passed AB 446 by 13-3. It reduces the number of signatures for a new party from 10% of the last gubernatorial vote, to 3%. This sounds like a big improvement, but the … Continue reading
On May 20, the California Senate Appropriations Committee passed SB 660. It makes it illegal to pay initiative circulators on a per-signature basis. Now the bill goes to the Senate floor. Each of the last three California Governors vetoed a … Continue reading
On May 21, the Maine Joint Veterans & Legal Affairs Committee passed SB 231. It lets independent voters choose a primary ballot without having to join the party whose ballot they choose. Thanks to John Opdycke for this news. The … Continue reading
On May 20, the Socialist Workers Party nominee for New Jersey Governor, Joanne Kuniansky, submitted her petition to be on the New Jersey ballot in November 2021 for Governor. She is the first petitioning candidate to file. The deadline is … Continue reading
On May 21, Indiana filed this brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Tully v Okeson, 20-1244. This is the case over Indiana’s policy of letting age 65 voters vote by mail without excuse, but does not extend the same … Continue reading
