On March 18, seven California cities, including San Francisco, filed a lawsuit in Superior Court in Sacramento to remove Proposition 16 from the June 8, 2010 statewide ballot. See this story. Proposition 16 has little to do with election law, … Continue reading
On March 17, Louisiana State Senator Troy Hebert announced that he has changed his voter registration from “Democratic” to “independent”. See this story. Thanks to Randall Hayes for the link. … Continue reading
Green Party Watch reports here that the Maine Greens will have 15 candidates for the State House and 3 for State Senate. This will be the most legislative candidates for the party since 2004, when there were 2 for the … Continue reading
On Thursday, March 18, a Superior Court in San Mateo County, California, will hear Ni v Slocum. This is a case over whether a voter may sign a petition electronically. The plaintiff, Michael Ni, signed a statewide initiative petition in … Continue reading
New Mexico has a unique election law, 1-1-20. It is “Major Fractions. In any place in the Election Code requiring counting or computing of numbers, any fraction or decimal greater than one-half of a whole number shall be counted as … Continue reading
