Heidi Fuller intends to appeal the decision in her lawsuit, Fuller v Bowen. This is the case that asks if the California Constitutional provision requiring legislative candidates to have lived in their district for a full year before filing violates the U.S. Constitution.

The lower state court in Sacramento had ruled that the U.S. Constitution does indeed invalidate that provision of the State Constitution. Consequently, the lower court refused to remove one of Fuller’s opponents from the Republican primary ballot for State Senate. However, case law (unfortunately) suggests strongly that the California Constitutional provision does not violate the U.S. Constitution.

The web page “Join California” has made a strenuous effort to learn how many candidates filed for partisan office in the June 8, 2010 California primaries. This information is not official. Each candidate files in his or her own home county, so “Join California” had to contact each of the 58 counties to gather the data this early in the cycle. The filing deadline was Friday, March 12.

Estimates are: 325 Democrats, 316 Republicans, 32 Libertarians, 23 Peace & Freedom, 18 Green, 18 American Independent. There are also 50 candidates for whom the records don’t show which party. California has 165 partisan offices up in 2010.

See “Join California” at this link. The tally of candidates is on the upper right corner.

This Sacramento Bee story shows that both sides are unhappy with Judge Allen Sumner’s rewrite of the Ballot Title and Description of California’s Proposition 14. It is believed that both sides have lodged an appeal. The Pro-14 side is appealing the language on whether Proposition 14 could increase the cost of election administration. Any appeals are to the State Court of Appeals, and must be settled by the end of the day, Monday, March 15.