Earlier this year, the Kentucky legislature changed the deadline for the nominees of qualified convention parties to file a declaration of candidacy, from April 1, to mid-January of an election year. Kentucky elects its statewide state offices in November 2019, … Continue reading
On April 10, California State Senator Mike McGuire amended his SB 27, the bill to require presidential primary candidates to submit copies of five years of income tax returns to the Secretary of State, or suffer being left off the … Continue reading
U.S. District Court Judge Andre Birotte has set a scheduling conference for May 31, Friday, at 10 a.m., in Soltysik v Padilla. This is the case that challenges California law on ballot labels. If a candidate for Congress or partisan … Continue reading
On April 10, the California Assembly Elections Committee passed AB 1451 by 5-2, a party-line vote, with Democrats in support and Republicans opposed. It bans paying petitioners on a per-signature basis. It also requires 10% of the needed signatures to … Continue reading
George Skelton, veteran politics columnist for the Los Angeles Times, writes here that it is not a good idea for states to require presidential candidates to reveal their tax returns as a condition for being on the ballot. … Continue reading
