Nebraska Republican Party Allowed to Substitute New Lieutenant Governor Candidate After the September 1 Deadline

Posted on by September 23, 2014
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Nebraska election law does not permit qualified parties to substitute new nominees past September 1. However, on September 17, a state trial court refused to prevent the Republican Party from adding a new Lieutenant Governor running mate to the November ballot. See this story. The original nominee resigned as Lieutenant Governor on September 9 and did not desire to run for a new term. The new nominee was named on September 15. The case is State ex rel Elworth v Gale, Lancaster Co., C114-3204. Here is the two-page court order.

Pete Peterson, the Republican Running for California Secretary of State, Favors Restoring Write-ins to General Election

Posted on by September 23, 2014
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On September 11, the two candidates for California Secretary of State spoke at a forum sponsored by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC). The forum lasted one hour and nine minutes and can be viewed at this link. Pete Peterson, the Republican, says at the one hour and four minute mark that he favors restoring write-in space to the general election ballot, which the legislature removed in 2012. The other candidate, State Senator Alex Padilla, apparently does not favor making any changes to the top-two system, according to his remarks at the one hour and five minute mark.

California and Louisiana are the only states that ever had write-in space on government-printed general election ballots and then removed it. Senator Padilla says he is in favor of greater participation and voting rights.

New California Registration Tally

Posted on by September 23, 2014
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On September 23, the California Secretary of State posted new registration data. Compared with the last tally, the May 19 tally, Democrats, Libertarians, Peace & Freedom, and Americans Elect gained as a percentage of the total; Republicans, American Independents, and Greens declined.

The May 2014 percentages were: Democratic 43.41%; Republican 28.42%; American Independent 2.6854%; Libertarian .66%; Green .619%; Peace & Freedom .4421%; Americans Elect .021%; independents and members of unqualified parties 23.75%.

The new tally is: Democratic 43.43%; Republican 28.23%; American Independent 2.6851%; Libertarian .67%; Green .618%; Peace & Freedom .4422%; Americans Elect .022%; independents and members of unqualified parties 23.91%. See the full report here.