On September 11, opponents of Arizona’s HB 2305 submitted 146,028 signatures. If the petition has at least 86,405 valid signatures, the bill will not go into effect in 2014. Instead, the voters will vote in November 2014 on whether to … Continue reading
Califonia Assemblyman Tim Donnelly’s AB 1117 will not pass this year. The bill would provide that statewide initiative petitions would be shown on the Secretary of State’s web page. Then, anyone who wants to circulate such a petition could print … Continue reading
There are many forms of proportional representation. Australia uses a version for its national Senate elections that is more complicated than most. This article explains it. Thanks to John Fund for the link. … Continue reading
On September 10, the California Senate passed AB 857, a bill to require that statewide initiative petitions are not valid unless at least 10% of the signatures were collected by unpaid volunteers. The bill has been amended since it passed … Continue reading
On September 9, the Tennessee state government filed this brief in Green Party of Tennessee v Hargett, which is pending in the Sixth Circuit. The issue is mainly whether the law requiring newly-qualifying parties to submit 40,042 valid signatures is … Continue reading
