On February 22, 2025, the U.S. Taxpayers Party of Michigan resolved to take legal action to force the Secretary of State to let it change its name to “Constitution Party.” The national party was formerly known as the U.S. Taxpayers … Continue reading
On March 4, the Oklahoma Senate Judiciary Committee passed SB 900. It would establish procedures for recall of elected state officials. See this story. … Continue reading
On February 12, the Arkansas Senate passed SB 210 by a vote of 22-10. It requires initiative petitioners to read the Ballot Title to everyone the circulator approaches. If anyone signs the petition and the circulator had not read the … Continue reading
On March 5, the Arizona House passed HCR 2057. It requires initiatives to get signatures of 10% of the registered voters in each of the state’s fifteen counties. Currently the law has no distribution requirement. Here is the text. The … Continue reading
In 2001 the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the part of the McCain-Feingold Law that limits how much money parties can spend on their own nominees, if the party coordinates with those nominees. That case was FEC v Colorado Republican Federal … Continue reading
