On August 16, some Florida voters who speak Spanish but not English sued Florida election officials in 32 counties, seeking bilingual ballots for the November 2018 election. Rivera Madera v Detzner, n.d., 1:18cv-152. Already, thirteen other Florida counties already use … Continue reading
Fred Brown, incumbent member of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council, has filed a lawsuit to remove his only opponent, Christian Motley, from the November 2018 ballot. See this story. The office is non-partisan and each candidate needs 100 valid signatures. … Continue reading
Steve Poizner, California’s former Insurance Commissioner and a 2018 independent candidate for his old job, spoke in Denver on August 19. The venue was the national meeting of Unite America, which promotes the election of independent candidates. During Poizner’s talk, … Continue reading
On August 23, the California Senate passed AB 1947, which outlaws paying circulators on a per-signature basis. The ban only applies to initiatives, referenda, and recall petitions; it does not apply to petitions for candidates or new parties. The bill … Continue reading
One of the worst aspects of the California top-two law is that it removed write-in space from the general election ballot, but only for Congress and partisan state office, the offices elected under the top-two system. This Los Angeles Times … Continue reading
