On March 28, the Hawaii House passed SB 94. It requires general election presidential candidates to post their latest income tax return on a web page. It also forbids presidential electors from voting for someone who hasn’t posted tax returns.
The bill passed on Second Reading, with 8 no votes. This means it will almost surely pass on Third Reading very soon. UPDATE: the vote is set for April 1.
On March 28, Delaware Governor John C. Carney signed SB 22, the National Popular Vote Plan bill. Delaware is the 14th jurisdiction to have passed the plan.
Jacob Hornberger, founder of the Future of Freedom Foundation, seems likely to seek the Libertarian Party’s 2020 presidential nomination. He is visiting many, if not all, the Libertarian Party state conventions. He also sought the Libertarian presidential nomination in 2000. On the first ballot he placed third, with 120 votes. Harry Browne received the nomination with 493 votes, and New Hampshire legislator Don Gorman placed second with 166 votes.
Hornberger’s web page is https://jacobforliberty.com. Thanks to Paul Frankel for this news.
The Arkansas Democrat Gazette has this news story about the ballot access lawsuit filed March 28 by the Arkansas Libertarian Party.
David Gill has filed this opening brief in the Seventh Circuit, in Gill v Scholz, 19-1125. This case challenges the Illinois petition requirement for U.S. House, for independent candidates and the nominees of unqualified parties.
