On July 3, the Ninth Circuit upheld California law that requires independent candidates for Congress and partisan state office to have “No party preference” on the ballot instead of the label “independent.” However, the ruling leaves open for a future … Continue reading
On July 2, California Governor Jerry Brown set election dates for two more special elections. One will be for the State Senate, 26th district, in Los Angeles; the other will be for the Assembly, 45th district, also in Los Angeles. … Continue reading
The Secretary of State of Nevada issues monthly tallies for the number of registered voters in each party. This news story notes that the Libertarian Party is the only one of Nevada’s four ballot-qualified parties that gained registrants during June. … Continue reading
William Galvin, the Secretary of State of Massachusetts, has asked the legislature to pass HB 639. The bill makes it more difficult for a group to qualify to have its registrations tallied. It has its first hearing in September. Under … Continue reading
On July 1, opponents of Arizona’s HB 2305 filed paperwork to start circulating a referendum petition. If the petition gets 86,405 valid signatures by September 12, 2013, it cannot go into effect until the voters vote on it. HB 2305 … Continue reading
