Ballotpedia has just published a study of the 2012 congressional primaries. Only five members of the U.S. House of Representatives lost a primary to a non-incumbent in 2012. Conventional wisdom, which is wrong, is that more members of Congress fear … Continue reading
On September 11, the California Assembly passed AB 857, the bill to require statewide initiatives to obtain at least 10% of their needed valid signatures via unpaid petition circulators. The bill had passed the State Senate the day before, so … Continue reading
On September 11, the Eighth Circuit ruled that First Amendment activity cannot be banned inside a public park, just because the park that day is being used for a special purpose. Brian Johnson wanted to hand out free Bibles to … Continue reading
On September 11, opponents of Arizona’s HB 2305 submitted 146,028 signatures. If the petition has at least 86,405 valid signatures, the bill will not go into effect in 2014. Instead, the voters will vote in November 2014 on whether to … Continue reading
Califonia Assemblyman Tim Donnelly’s AB 1117 will not pass this year. The bill would provide that statewide initiative petitions would be shown on the Secretary of State’s web page. Then, anyone who wants to circulate such a petition could print … Continue reading
