On June 30, Rocky De La Fuente filed this brief in De La Fuente v Padilla, c.d., 2:16cv-3242. This is the case that challenges the 2016 California requirement that independent candidates submit 178,039 signatures. No one has successfully used that … Continue reading
Here is a current tally for voter registration in Louisiana, for all parties, qualified and unqualified alike. All the qualified parties increased their share of the registration since November 2016, except for the Democratic Party. The June 30 percentages for … Continue reading
On June 30, the Rhode Island legislature passed HB 5702. It provides that every adult citizen known by the state government to exist will automatically be registered, unless that individual declines. A similar bill had already passed the Illinois legislature, … Continue reading
On June 29, the Delaware Senate Elections & State Affairs passed HB 89. It moves the non-presidential primary from September to April. It had already passed the House. The version that passed the House does not move the deadline to … Continue reading
On June 29, both houses of the North Carolina legislature appointed members to a conference committee for SB 656, the ballot access bill. Generally they all support the bill. It is likely that they can agree on a version of … Continue reading
