On May 22, the California Assembly passed AB 469 by 62-8. It shrinks the amount of time in which candidates may circulate petitions in lieu of filing fee. But it reduces the number of signatures required. Statewide office drops from … Continue reading
Joel Fox analyzes what we now know about the California 2018 gubernatorial race. His analysis assumes the top-two system will remain unchanged for that election. … Continue reading
During the years 1970 through 2016, there have been 10,463 regularly-scheduled U.S. House elections (this includes Delegate from the District of Columbia for the years 1972-2016; there was no such election in D.C. in 1970). During those years, there have … Continue reading
The United Utah Party has organized and is hoping to get on the ballot by the end of May 2017. See this story. If it does so, presumably it can participate in the upcoming special U.S. House election. There is … Continue reading
As already noted, the New York Assembly recently passed two important election law bills. AB 2064 authorizes early voting (also called “no excuse absentee voting”). AB 3052 moves the independent candidate petition deadline from August to May, and moves the … Continue reading
