On the evening of September 15, the California Assembly passed SB 568, which moves the primary date from June to March. The bill applies to all primaries, midterm and presidential alike, starting after 2018. The bill still must get a … Continue reading
Law Professor Lawrence Lessig is raising money for a proposed lawsuit against the electoral college system for electing the president. He writes “In a democracy, all votes should count equally. In our democracy, when voting for the president, they do … Continue reading
Dennis Richardson, Oregon’s Secretary of State, and a Republican, favors moving Oregon’s presidential primary from May to March. See this story. He proposes that the primary for other office would continue to be in May. … Continue reading
In 2016, the Nebraska legislature increased the non-presidential independent petition requirement from 4,000 signatures to 10% of the number of registered voters. Except in Ballot Access News, that change got no publicity. Now, however, the Associated Press has published a … Continue reading
On September 14, the California Assembly passed SB 149, which requires presidential primary candidates to reveal their income tax returns. The vote was 54-23. Although it had already passed the Senate, it must return there because the two houses passed … Continue reading
