On June 15, the Arizona Senate Judiciary Committee passed SB 1091, the Secretary of State’s omnibus election law bill. Among other things, the bill moves the independent presidential petition deadline to 60 days before the general election. This is in … Continue reading
On June 15, Krist Novoselic dropped out of the August 2009 primary for County Clerk of Wahkiakum County, Washington. He got almost as much publicity by dropping out as he got by filing. See this story. He said he had … Continue reading
The Moderate Party of Rhode Island won a constitutional lawsuit on May 29, giving it the ability to start circulating its petition for full party status. The party received the blank petition forms from the state on June 1, and … Continue reading
Today, the Arizona Senate Judiciary Committee passed SCR1025, by a party-line vote of 4-3. The measure, if signed into law, would amend the State Constitution to end public funding. Since it is a constitutional amendment, the voters would vote on … Continue reading
The US Supreme issued opinions today, but none on election law cases.
