On February 23, a 3-judge U.S. District Court in Utah declined to stop the U.S. House redistricting plan that had been imposed by a state court. Two of the plaintiffs are Republican members of the U.S. House, Celeste Maloy and … Continue reading
Here is a San Francisco Chronicle article about how the top-two system is affecting the California gubernatorial race. And here is a Los Angeles Times column by George Skelton about the same subject. … Continue reading
On February 20, both sides in Peace & Freedom Party v Weber informed the U.S. District Court Judge that they suggest a postponement of the status conference, which had been set for February 27. They said there seems little point … Continue reading
On February 20, California Assemblymember Gregg Hart (D-Santa Barbara) introduced AB 2681, a one-sentence bill that changes the punctuation in the part of the Election Code that deals with write-in voting, but does not actually change anything. This type of … Continue reading
The California Democratic Party held its state convention in San Francisco on February 23-25. No gubernatorial candidate received enough support from delegates to gain the party’s endorsement, which takes 60%. Eric Swalwell received 24%; Betty Yee received 17.3%; Xavier Beccera … Continue reading
