On March 29, U.S. District Court Judge Philip A. Brimmer struck down Colorado’s law making it illegal for petitioners to be paid on a per-signature basis. The 47-page decision is probably the most detailed court opinion ever about professional petitioners. … Continue reading
On March 29, the Vermont Supreme Court upheld the June petition deadline for independent candidates. Here is the decision in Trudell v State of Vermont, 2013-18. The decision has some odd features. Vermont permits “sore loser” candidacies; in other words, … Continue reading
On March 28, a circulator for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton pleaded guilty to forging names. The forgery was on behalf of the only two Democratic presidential candidates who successfully got on the May 2008 Indiana Democratic presidential primary. See … Continue reading
On March 21, California State Senator Joel Anderson (R-San Diego) introduced SCA 14, which says that in California legislative races, if anyone gets at least 50% of the vote in the primary, he or she is deemed elected and that … Continue reading
On March 29, this brief was filed in the California Court of Appeals, in Field v Bowen. At this point, the only issue remaining in this case is whether the individuals who sued to overturn two undemocratic aspects of California’s … Continue reading
