On July 8, the California Assembly passed SB 505. It requires presidential primary candidates to file if they want to be on a California presidential primary, and to fulfill certain fairly easy requirements. Here is the text of the bill. … Continue reading
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Ballotpedia has an updated list of the number of state legislators in each party, including the number of independent and minor party legislators. There are 35 legislators who are not Democrats or Republicans. See here. Thanks to Mike Drucker for … Continue reading
On July 9, Rocky De La Fuente asked a U.S. District Magistrate to suspend his opinion in De La Fuente v Hobbs, until the Ninth Circuit issues its decision in De La Fuente v Padilla. On June 11, 2019, the … Continue reading
Joe Mathews has this commentary on Fox & Hounds, pointing out that the California bill on presidential tax returns violates the California Constitution. … Continue reading
The Ohio legislature has amended the budget bill to move the primary for all office, in presidential years, from the second Tuesday in March, to the third Tuesday in March. Thanks to Political Wire for this news. If the bill … Continue reading