On May 29, a 3-judge panel of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in Zukerberg v D.C. Board of Elections. See this story. The issue is whether the D.C. voters will elect an Attorney General earlier than 2018.

In 2010, the voters passed a charter amendment which said on the ballot that, if passed, that office would be chosen by the voters starting in 2014. But the full text of the amendment simply said the first election would be in the future, and didn’t specify when. Later, the D.C. council passed a bill saying such elections would be held starting in 2018.

The Hoover Institution released a Golden State Poll on May 28. Question eight asks, “There has been a lot of talk about the California state legislature’s failure to address important problems facing California. Do you think that the ‘open primaries’ will lead to progress on important public policy issues in this state?”

The answers to this question were separated out by partisan affiliation. Voters who are neither Republicans nor Democrats responded this way: “Yes” 20%; “No” 49%; not sure 31%.

Among Republicans, the results were: “Yes” 26%; “No” 50%; not sure 23%.

Among Democrats, the results were: “Yes” 29%; “No” 35%; not sure 36%.

The poll also broke down the question for people who say they are interested in news most of the time, versus people who say only some of the time. The group that is interested in news most of the time results were: “Yes” 21%; “No” 51%; not sure 28%. But the people who are less interested in news responded: “Yes” 31%; “No” 36%; not sure 33%. Thanks to Thomas Jones and Jim Riley for the link.

This National Review article says U.S. Senator Rand Paul is likely to file a constitutional ballot access lawsuit in 2015, if the Kentucky legislature doesn’t change the law before then. The current law does not permit anyone to run for two offices simultaneously. Paul would almost certain desire to run for both president and U.S. Senate in 2016.