The October 25 Los Angeles Times has this even-handed analysis of the issue of whether petition signatures should be private. The issue arose in Washington state, around the R-71 Referendum petition that forced a public vote on the bill passed … Continue reading
California State Senator Loni Hancock (D-Berkeley) spoke at a forum, “What Ails California?”, held on the University of California Berkeley campus on October 23. She was a member of a panel that was discussing solutions to California’s government problems. The … Continue reading
According to this Reuters story, New York city Mayor Michael Bloomberg has spent more of his own money on his own election campaigns than anyone else in U.S. history. His three campaigns for Mayor, it is estimated, will have cost … Continue reading
On October 23, a U.S. District Court in Trenton, New Jersey, granted an injunction against a state law that forbids exit pollsters from working closer than 100 feet from the entrance to polling places. See this story. The case is … Continue reading
According to this article, a task force of the New Hampshire legislature has just started working on drafting a plan for public funding of state election campaigns. … Continue reading
