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On April 9, the Hawaii Senate defeated HB 712 by 10-15. This is the bill to require presidential candidates, and candidates for a few other offices, to reveal their income tax returns. … Continue reading
Richard Winger
The backers of the proposed Ohio initiative for the national popular vote pact have decided not to try to qualify their initiative. See this story. Thanks to Steve Kamp for the link. … Continue reading
California Assemblymember Evan Low (D-Campbell) has introduced AB 1451. It requires that at least 10% of the signatures on a statewide initiative petition must be collected by unpaid individuals. It also bans paying circulators on a per-signature basis. Here is … Continue reading
On April 5, both sides notified a U.S. District Court that they have settled the lawsuit Crookston v Benson, w.d., 1:16cv-1109. The case concerns Michigan’s ban on photographing one’s own voted ballot. It seems likely that the state no longer … Continue reading
This story says that the Maryland legislature is about to adjourn for the year, without passing a bill to redraw U.S. House district boundaries. If the legislature did redraw the boundaries of the Sixth District, that might cause the U.S. … Continue reading