California SB 288 would allow non-citizens to run for County Central Committee in the Democratic Party, and also the Peace & Freedom Party. The bill has been amended several times. When it passed the State Senate in May, it was not even an election law bill. Here is the latest version.
Fox News has this useful summary of all the pending litigation over whether President Trump’s tax returns or other business records should be revealed.
The bill in the US House to admit Puerto Rico as a state, HR 1965, now has 21 co-sponsors. One was added on August 23.
The Portland, Maine Press Herald, the largest newspaper in the state, has this editorial asking the legislature to pass the bill that would provide for ranked choice voting in the presidential primary.
The editorial contains a factual error. Maine law does not now provide for ranked choice voting for president in general elections. The bill that is pending, LD 1083, would provide for ranked choice voting for both the presidential primary and for president in the general election.
Ballot Access News
August 1, 2019 – Volume 35, Number 3
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