On the evening of October 9, California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed SB 696, the bill to make it illegal for a party to have “independent” or “independence” as part of its name. Thanks to Mark Seidenberg for this news. See … Continue reading
On October 8, the California Secretary of State finally filed a notice of appeal in Trump v Padilla, e.d., 2:19cv-1501. This is the lawsuit over the California law that requires presidential primary candidates to show their income tax returns. … Continue reading
On October 8, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed 17 bills relating to election law. See his press release. However, the press release has no information about SB 212, which lets non-charter cities and counties use ranked choice voting for their … Continue reading
On October 7, California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed AB 1451, which would have made it illegal to pay circulators on a per-signature basis. It also would have required that at least 10% of the valid signatures be collected by unpaid … Continue reading
On October 7, the Democratic and Republican candidates for Kentucky Secretary of State spoke and were asked their opinion about a semi-closed primary. The Republican nominee, Michael Adams, said he favors Kentucky’s closed primary, but also he favors letting each … Continue reading
