On March 6, attorneys for the California Secretary of State filed this brief in the Ninth Circuit, in Soltysik v Padilla, 16-55758. The issue is the California law that lets some candidates for Congress and state office have their party … Continue reading
California State Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Los Angeles) has introduced SCA 11 and SB 691. They would provide that every candidate for local office in California (county, city, special district) would have his or her party of registration printed on ballots. … Continue reading
Republican writer Bruce Bialosky has this commentary about California’s top-two system, at Townhall. Thanks to Jack Dean for the link. … Continue reading
The Iowa bill to abolish the straight-ticket device, SF 60, did not make any headway this year, and it has now missed the deadline for bill to have passed their first committee.
On March 6, the South Dakota Senate Local Government Committee passed HB 1035, which makes it illegal to pay circulators of a new party petition on a per-signature basis. The bill had already passed the House. … Continue reading
