California Governor Must Act on Three Interesting Election Law Bills on October15

Posted on by October 14, 2017
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California Governor Jerry Brown has only one day left (Sunday, October 15) to decide whether to sign, veto, or let take effect without signature, these three interesting election law bills:

SB 149 requires presidential primary candidates to release copies of their income tax returns for the last five years. AB 469 changes the requirements for petitions in lieu of filing fee, for ballot access. AB 837 requires election officials to take many steps to inform independent voters that those voters are free to choose the presidential primary ballots of certain political parties.

Joe Scarborough Changes Registration from Republican to Independent

Posted on by October 13, 2017
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Joe Scarborough has switched his voter registration from Republican to independent. He lives in Connecticut, a state with partisan registration. He had said in July that he would be doing this.

He is an attorney, and was elected to Congress as a Republican from Florida in 1994, 1996, 1998, and 2000. Currently he is a TV anchor on MSNBC. See his wikipedia page here.

Odds Increase that Only Two Democrats Will be on California’s November Ballot for U.S. Senate in 2018

Posted on by October 12, 2017
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CNN is reporting that California State Senator Kevin de Leon will run for U.S. Senate next year. He is leader of the State Senate, and a Democrat. See this story. Because incumbent U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein is running for re-election next year, and because no well-known Republican has announced for this seat, if the CNN story is true, it is likely that California’s top-two system will again produce a general election ballot for U.S. Senate with only two Democrats. Write-ins are not allowed, so just as in 2016, voters who don’t wish to vote for a Democrat in 2018 will not be able to vote for that office at all. Thanks to Political Wire for the link.

Missouri Special Election Candidate Says Opponent’s Husband Signed Petition for an Independent, and Feels that is Scandalous Behavior

Posted on by October 12, 2017
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Missouri is holding a special election to fill the vacant 8th district State Senate seat on November 7, 2017. There are three candidates on the ballot, a Republican, a Democrat, and an independent. According to this story, the Republican nominee has charged that his Democratic opponent’s husband signed the petition for the independent candidate. The Republican nominee feels this is scandalous behavior.