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The Oklahoma legislature adjourns on the evening of May 28. The ballot access bill, HB 1072, may or may not pass on that final day. It has passed both houses of the legislature but in different forms, so a conference … Continue reading
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California SB 1140 passed the Senate Appropriations Committee on May 27. It had passed the Senate Elections Committee on April 7. The bill will now move to the Senate floor. It makes it possible for unregistered voters to register on … Continue reading
The U.S. Constitution, 24th amendment, prohibits poll taxes in federal elections. On May 27, the 9th circuit ruled that the 24th amendment does not prohibit states from conditioning restoration of voting rights (for ex-felons) on their having paid all their … Continue reading
The largest National Public Radio station in Los Angeles, KPCC, has now posted today’s debate on California’s Proposition 14, the top-two ballot measure. Listen to it here. Attorney David Fleming advocated Proposition 14 and Mike Feinstein, former Green Party Mayor … Continue reading
Florida is the only state in which there is a ballot-qualified Tea Party. There may be Tea Party candidates on the November 2010 ballot, with that label, in other states, but the Tea Party isn’t a ballot-qualified party in any … Continue reading