On December 14, Missouri State Senator Joan Bray introduced a bill to improve the ballot access procedures for newly-qualifying parties. It is SB 679. There is a flaw in the existing Missouri petition procedure for new and previously unqualified parties. … Continue reading
The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson’s newspaper, carried this article in its December 14 edition. The theme of the story is that the state’s 11-year-old public funding law for state office is losing support among both Democratic and Republican state legislators. … Continue reading
North Carolina’s Constitution says that citizens are not eligible for elected public office if they “deny the being of Almighty God.” Six other states have similar provisions in their Constitutions: Arkansas, Maryland, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. Recently, Asheville, … Continue reading
California currently has no Lieutenant Governor. The incumbent, John Garamendi, a Democrat, resigned recently to take his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has nominated Republican State Senator Abel Maldonado, author of the “top-two open primary” … Continue reading
The Connecticut legislature will meet on December 15. Among other things, it will consider whether to revise the public funding law for candidates, to remove the discriminatory aspects of the law. This article, published December 13, explains the competing pressures … Continue reading
