According to the Sacramento Bee, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has just transferred $500,000 from his campaign account, to the campaign in favor of Proposition 14. See this story. Also, Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, this week gave $257,328 to the … Continue reading
On March 25, the Vermont legislature passed S.117, which moves the primary from September to August. Unfortunately, the bill also moves the deadline for independent candidate petitions to the second Thursday after the first Monday in June. Even presidential independent … Continue reading
A Nevada District Court in Carson City has set a new hearing date in Fasano v Ashjian and Miller, the case over whether the Tea Party’s candidate for U.S. Senate should be removed from the ballot because he changed his … Continue reading
On March 25, the Tucson city council voted 5-2 to appeal the case known as City of Tucson v State of Arizona. The issue is whether the state government has the authority to tell Tucson not to use partisan elections … Continue reading
On March 26, two important campaign finance decisions were handed down by federal courts in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, ruled that committees which wish to make independent expenditures, commenting on candidates for federal office, are … Continue reading
