On June 8, the California Assembly passed SB 27 by 57-17. It prevents presidential candidates from appearing on a presidential primary ballot unless they reveal the last five years of their income tax returns. The bill now returns to the … Continue reading
Richard Winger
On July 9, Ross Perot died at the age of 89. He is the only person running for president outside the major parties who was ever leading in the polls. That happened in early June 1992, when all the nation’s … Continue reading
On July 8, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed S5072. This is the bill that says if the Chair of the U.S. House Ways & Means Committee asks to see the state income tax return of a resident of New … Continue reading
Melanie McFarland has this article in Salon, on how public awareness of Marianne Williamson has expanded, as a result of her being included in one of the two Democratic presidential debates last month. This shows how an obscure presidential candidate, … Continue reading
On July 3, the Democratic National Committee filed this list of exhibits in Jacobson v Lee, the case over the order of candidates on the Florida ballot. The list includes the laws of other states, relating to determining the order … Continue reading