On April 10, California State Senator Mike McGuire amended his SB 27, the bill to require presidential primary candidates to submit copies of five years of income tax returns to the Secretary of State, or suffer being left off the … Continue reading
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U.S. District Court Judge Andre Birotte has set a scheduling conference for May 31, Friday, at 10 a.m., in Soltysik v Padilla. This is the case that challenges California law on ballot labels. If a candidate for Congress or partisan … Continue reading
On April 10, the California Assembly Elections Committee passed AB 1451 by 5-2, a party-line vote, with Democrats in support and Republicans opposed. It bans paying petitioners on a per-signature basis. It also requires 10% of the needed signatures to … Continue reading
George Skelton, veteran politics columnist for the Los Angeles Times, writes here that it is not a good idea for states to require presidential candidates to reveal their tax returns as a condition for being on the ballot. … Continue reading
On April 10, the proponents of a city initiative to decriminalize marijuana inside the city of Salem, West Virginia, filed a federal lawsuit against the city. Even though the initiative had enough valid signatures, the city removed it because city … Continue reading
On April 10, the same three judges who had issued an opinion in Adams v Delaware Governor, 18-1045, in February 2019, slightly rewrote their opinion. This is the case filed by a Delaware attorney who is an independent voter. He … Continue reading