Citywatch, a Los Angeles politics blog, carries this column by Joe Mathews. Mathews advocates restoring write-in space to the November ballot for California. In 2012 the legislature passed AB 1413, with no publicity, eliminating write-in space from the November ballot … Continue reading
On January 10, outgoing Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed HB 4576. It provides for special elections for the statewide elected constitutional offices, other than Governor, if the incumbent dies early in the four-year term. As a result, Illinois will hold … Continue reading
Maine Representative Stanley Short (D-Pittsfield) says he will soon introduce a bill to make it illegal for out-of-state individuals to ask anyone to sign an initiative petition. Maine already has a ban on out-of-state circulators working on initiative petitions, but … Continue reading
On January 10, the Montana Republican State Central Committee voted 83-43 to add the state party’s name to the list of co-plaintiffs, in Ravalli County Republican Central Committee v McCulloch, 6:14cv-58. See this story. The lawsuit, filed by some county … Continue reading
Two of the largest newspapers in Great Britain, the Telegraph and the Guardian, together with YouTube, are willing to sponsor five-party debates for the upcoming British Parliamentary election. See this story. The BBC has refused to include the Green Party, … Continue reading
