California Bill to Send Voters Three Notices in Advance of Presidential Primaries Stalls in Appropriations Committee

In California, some qualified parties let independents vote in their presidential primaries, but others don’t. Assembly bill 681, by Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez, requires that county election officials send three notices to all voters in advance of the presidential primary, telling them which parties allow independents to vote in their primaries. At least one of the notices must be sent electronically. On April 24, the Assembly Appropriations Committee declined to pass the bill, and put it on the suspense file.

All Four Lawsuits Challenging At-Large System for Electing Presidential Electors Have Lost in U.S. District Courts; All Four are Being Appealed

All four of the lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of at-large election of presidential electors have lost in U.S. District Court. All four are being appealed. All four had been filed in 2018 by David Boies, the well-known attorney who argued Bush v Gore for Al Gore in the U.S. Supreme Court in 2000.

The California case, Rodriguez v Brown, lost on September 21,2018 in U.S. District Court, and is now being appealed to the Ninth Circuit, where it is case 18-56281. The final brief is due May 1.

The Massachusetts case, Lynn v Baker, lost in U.S. District Court on December 7, 2018. In the First Circuit it is case 18-2235.

The Texas case, League of United Latin American Citizens v Abbott, lost on February 25, 2019. In the Fifth Circuit it is case 19-50214.

The South Carolina case, Baten v McMaster, lost on March 8, 2019. In the Fourth Circuit it is case 19-1297.

These cases are very difficult to win, because many decades ago, similar cases had lost and one of those decisions was summarily affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court.

April 2019 Ballot Access News Print Edition

Ballot Access News
April 1, 2019 – Volume 34, Number 11

This issue was printed on white paper.


Table of Contents

  1. NEW MEXICO EASES INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE PETITION
  2. LIBERTARIANS SUE ARKANSAS
  3. KENTUCKY CHANGES DECLARATION DEADLINE TO JANUARY
  4. U.S. SUPREME COURT WON’T HEAR UTAH REPUBLICAN CASE
  5. CONGRESSIONAL BALLOT ACCESS BILL
  6. NEW ACCESS BILLS IN ALASKA AND TEXAS
  7. THREE STATES PASS NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE BILL
  8. THREE STATES MOVE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DATES
  9. ARIZONA MAY CREATE ABSURD DEADLINE
  10. BILLS TO ALTER PRIMARY SYSTEMS
  11. BILLS TO BAN STRAIGHT-TICKET FAIL TO PASS
  12. BILLS TO REQUIRE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TO SHOW TAX RETURNS
  13. CONSTITUTIONAL QUALIFICATIONS LAWSUITS FOR FEDERAL OFFICE
  14. REPUBLICANS IN CLOSED PRIMARIES MORE LIKELY TO VOTE AGAINST TRUMP
  15. NEW YORK FUSION
  16. ELECTION RETURNS BOOKS RELEASED
  17. 2020 PETITIONING FOR PRESIDENT
  18. MARCH 2019 ELECTIONS
  19. ALLIANCE PARTY BEGINS 2020 PETITIONING
  20. DEMOCRATS CHOOSE MILWAUKEE
  21. CONSTITUTION PARTY GAINS A PARTISAN OFFICE-HOLDER
  22. MISSISSIPPI 2019 STATE ELECTION
  23. MARK CUBAN, INDEPENDENT?
  24. NORTH CAROLINA SPECIAL CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS
  25. SUBSCRIBING TO BAN WITH PAYPAL