On April 20, the California Assembly Elections Committee unanimously passed AB 1676, which says that elected state and local officers must continue to reside in the district or jurisdiction that elected them. If they move out, they must resign the office. Also if they move out, they are subject to a fine. Should the bill pass, it takes effect immediately. It is retroactive for local officers, but not for state legislators.
Tim Fasano, the Independent American Party’s candidate for U.S. Senate in Nevada this year, is appealing his lawsuit to the Nevada Supreme Court. The case is Fasano v Miller. Earlier, the Nevada Secretary of State had placed the Tea Party candidate for U.S. Senate, Scott Ashjian, on the November ballot. Fasano had sued the Secretary of State to remove Ashjian, because Ashjian did not switch his party registration from “Republican” to “Tea Party” until the day after the deadline. The lower court had kept Ashjian on the ballot, and now the State Supreme Court will be asked to reverse that decision.
This Idaho Spokesman story, at the very end, carries quotes from Idaho Secretary of State Ben Ysursa, as to the April 19 federal court decision that struck down the Idaho procedures for independent presidential candidates. The quotes seem to show that Ysursa will ask the legislature to reform the laws early next year, and that he prefers not to appeal.
The decision says it is not rational for Idaho to require 1,000 signatures for all non-presidential statewide independent candidates, and then require 6,500 for independent presidential candidates. The decision also struck down the ban on out-of-state circulators.
This Idaho Spokesman story, at the very end, carries quotes from Idaho Secretary of State Ben Ysursa, as to the April 19 federal court decision that struck down the Idaho procedures for independent presidential candidates. The quotes seem to show that Ysursa will ask the legislature to reform the laws early next year, and that he prefers not to appeal.
The decision says it is not rational for Idaho to require 1,000 signatures for all non-presidential statewide independent candidates, and then require 6,500 for independent presidential candidates. The decision also struck down the ban on out-of-state circulators.
This interesting article describes the progress of the trial over whether Connecticut’s Secretary of State, Susan Bysiewicz, satisfies a statute that requires candidates for Attorney General to have engaged in the “active practice of law” for the past ten years. The case is likely to depend on the extent to which Bysiewicz has drafted legal opinions, or participated in the drafting of legal opinions, while she has served as Secretary of State.
