Reason blog has this article about Congressman Justin Amash and the idea that he might seek the 2020 Libertarian presidential nomination.
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On April 1, the Hawaii House sent SB 94 back to the House Judiciary Committee. This means the bill is stalled, and probably won’t pass. It provided that candidates for president and certain other offices must reveal their income tax returns for the last year.
The other bill, HB 712, has a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee on April 2. It relates only to presidential candidates, and also tells presidential electors that they cannot vote for anyone for president who hasn’t released tax returns.
On March 30, Louisiana held three legislative special runoff elections. In the 62nd district, independent Roy Daryl Adams was elected, defeating his Republican opponent. Here are the unofficial election returns.
In the February initial election, the vote had been: Adams 1,556; the Republican candidate 2,300; and three Democrats got a combined total of 1,204 votes.
The California Senate Judiciary Committee will hear SB 27 on Tuesday, April 2, in the early afternoon. This is the bill that says presidential primary candidates cannot be on the ballot unless they release the last five years of their income tax returns. Here is the Analysis of the bill prepared for the Committee.
Supporters of the National Popular Vote Plan will attempt to get an initiative on the Ohio ballot, that would result in Ohio joining the Pact if the voters approve. See the submission by the supporters. Thanks to Political Wire for the link.
Besides Ohio, other states that have the statewide initiative process but which have not joined the Compact are Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.