On June 15, the Idaho Republican Party rejected a plan to limit access to the party’s primary ballot to only those candidates who were approved by party committees. See this story. The party did re-affirm its commitment to the current policy of allowing only registered Republicans to vote in the party’s primary.
On June 12, North Carolina HB 951 passed the House Finance Committee. It repeals the state income tax form check-off that asks taxpayers if they wish to send a small donation to their favorite political party. In recent years a surprisingly large number of taxpayers have chosen to send a donation to the Libertarian Party, so much so that last year, the party got $96,664.
The Idaho Republican Party State Central Committee votes on Saturday, June 15, on a proposed rule change. The rule would require candidates in Republican primaries to get permission from party committees, in order to get on the Republican primary ballot. See this story, which focuses on the intense opposition to the idea from the Republican Governor and a large share of the state’s Republican legislators.
Even if the party passes the new rule, the state election laws would not permit the idea to be carried out. Presumably the proponents of this idea would file a lawsuit to enforce the party rule, since it seems extremely unlikely the legislature would amend the election code to give any qualified party that authority.
On June 14, the New Jersey Supreme Court agreed to hear the appeal over whether the special U.S. Senate election should be on October 16 or November 5. See this story.
The California Green Party’s statewide meeting in Napa, California, will include a panel of Green Party officeholders. Participating in the panel will be the Mayor of Richmond, Gayle McLaughlin; the Mayor of Marina, Bruce Delgado; a Fairfax City Councilmember, Renee Goddard; and a Berkeley Rent Board Commissioner (which is an elected position), Jesse Townley. The panel will be on June 22, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., at Slack Collective Studios, 964 Pearl Street, Suite B. The event is free to the public.
