The Detroit News has this lengthy story about Congressman Justin Amash and the Libertarian Party. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link.
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On April 9, the Oregon Senate passed SB 870 by 17-12. This is the national popular vote plan bill. Now the bill goes to the House, which has passed a similar bill in the past.
On April 9, the Hawaii Senate defeated HB 712 by 10-15. This is the bill to require presidential candidates, and candidates for a few other offices, to reveal their income tax returns.
The backers of the proposed Ohio initiative for the national popular vote pact have decided not to try to qualify their initiative. See this story. Thanks to Steve Kamp for the link.
California Assemblymember Evan Low (D-Campbell) has introduced AB 1451. It requires that at least 10% of the signatures on a statewide initiative petition must be collected by unpaid individuals. It also bans paying circulators on a per-signature basis. Here is the text.
The League of Women Voters of California opposes this bill. It has a hearing in the Assembly Elections Committee on Wednesday, April 10, at 9 a.m.
Several bills like this one were vetoed by Governor Jerry Brown in the past, but he is not Governor any longer.