The SF Bay View, a newspaper in San Francisco that has existed since 1976, has endorsed Butch Ware for California Governor, even though he is not on the ballot. He will be a declared write-in candidate, so write-ins for him … Continue reading
Richard Winger
On March 31, the Eighth Circuit agreed with the U.S. District Court that Arkansas can’t stop recognizing electronic signatures on voter registration forms. Get Loud Arkansas v Jester, 24-2810. The basis is the 1964 federal Civil Rights Law, which said … Continue reading
See this story about three minor party candidates for South Carolina Governor. … Continue reading
On March 27, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers signed HB 223. It outlaws out-of-state circulators for candidate petitions and recall peetitions, except that it permits them for presidential candidate petitions. The new law is likely unconstitutional. Wisconsin is in the Seventh … Continue reading
George Skelton, the dean of political columnists for the Los Angeles Times, writes here that it is time for California to stop using a top-two primary. The column reveals that the state chair of the Democratic Party, Rusty Hicks, agrees … Continue reading