On June 4, the California Assembly Republican leader, Assemblyman Mike Villines, introduced ACA 4. It would provide that congressional and legislative district boundaries should be drawn by an independent Citizens Commission. The members would be selected randomly from the ranks … Continue reading
On May 31, the California Assembly Appropriations Committee passed AB 583. It sets up a discriminatory public funding program for state elections. It will probably receive a vote on the Assembly floor on Wednesday, June 6. … Continue reading
On Sunday, June 3, Colorado Governor Bill Ritter signed SB 83. It improves ballot access in two ways: (1) it lets qualified minor parties nominate someone even if that person has not been a member of that party in the … Continue reading
The main story in the printed version of Ballot Access News, June 1, 2007 issue, was the failure of the Oklahoma ballot access case that had been filed in 2004 by the Libertarian Party. On May 14, the Oklahoma Supreme … Continue reading
On June 2, the Washington State Republican Committee voted to choose 51% of its delegates to the 2008 presidential convention according to the results of the state’s presidential primary. This is in contrast to the Washington State Democratic Party, which … Continue reading
