On August 9, U.S. District Court Judge Mark Hornak, an Obama appointee, enjoined a Pennsylvania law barring out-of-state circulators, as applied to a particular referendum petition. OpenPittsburgh.Org v Wolosik, w.d., 2:16cv-1075. The specific law enjoined is P.S. 2869(a), which also … Continue reading
On August 9, Rocky De La Fuente filed a brief in his case against the California requirement that an independent presidential candidate submit 178,039 signatures to get on the ballot. De La Fuente v Padilla, c.d., 2:16cv-3242. No other candidate, … Continue reading
On August 9, the daily newspaper for Champaign and Urbana, Illinois, the News-Gazette, editorialized that the Illinois law requiring independent candidates for U.S. House to submit a petition of 5% of the last vote cast is not fair. See the … Continue reading
Benton County, Oregon voters will probably see an initiative on their ballot in November to use instant-off voting for county office elections. See this story. One of the activists responsible for getting the idea on the ballot is Blair Bobier, … Continue reading
The Herald, daily newspaper for Everett and the northwest corner of the state, here editorializes that the Washington state top-two system be changed. The Herald recommends that the top four candidates be placed on the November ballot for partisan office. … Continue reading
