On May 4, the Oklahoma Senate rejected House amendments to SB 323. That is the bill to increase candidate filing fees. Generally the bill doubles them. Although the bill has passed both houses of the legislature, the versions in each … Continue reading
On April 27, the Michigan House passed HB 4177, which removes party logos from general election ballots. A “logo” is a cartoon symbol of a party. See the Michigan logos for each party here. The Michigan term for logo is … Continue reading
On May 4, the California Senate passed SB 568 by 32-6. It moves the primary for all office (in presidential years) from June to March. It allows the Governor to set a primary date that is even earlier than March. … Continue reading
U.S. District Court Judge Edward Davila, an Obama appointee, will hear Keller v Brown on August 17 in San Jose at 9 a.m. Keller v Brown challenges the California law that tells presidential electors that when the electoral college meets … Continue reading
Scotusblog is the leading news source for U.S. Supreme Court news and analysis. When the court is sitting, Scotusblog regularly features cert petitions that seem to have unusual chances for being accepted. On May 3, Scotusblog chose the Kentucky Libertarian … Continue reading
