California is the only state in which every candidate may list his or her occupation on the ballot. John Eastman, a Republican running for California Attorney General, has chosen “Assistant Attorney General.” His opponents are crying foul, because even though … Continue reading
On March 16, the Tennessee House State & Local Government Committee amended HB 3060 to permit a candidate to file simultaneously as an independent candidate, and as a declared write-in candidate in a partisan primary for the same office. If … Continue reading
On March 15, the 5th circuit refused to rehear Libertarian Party v Dardenne, 09-30307. Earlier the 5th circuit had ruled that the dispute is moot. Oddly, though, another panel of the 5th circuit had ruled a few weeks earlier that … Continue reading
The Election Law Journal is an eight-year old quarterly journal. All the articles are peer-reviewed, and the journal is the only scholarly publication that covers the entire spectrum of issues related to election law. It is found in university law … Continue reading
Dr. Eric McGhee, a political scientist, has this Op-Ed in the San Francisco Chronicle for March 13. The title is “Political Reforms Won’t Fix California Gridlock.” McGhee studied whether Proposition 14 would end polarization in the California legislature earlier, in … Continue reading
