On April 2, the Libertarian Party of Los Angeles County filed a federal lawsuit against certain California election laws that don’t permit petition circulators to work outside their home district or county. The case is filed in the Central District, in Los Angeles. Libertarian Party of Los Angeles County v Bowen, case number not yet assigned. The court won’t receive the paperwork until April 5. UPDATE: the case number is 2:10-cv-02488-PSG. It was assigned to Judge Philip S. Gutierrez.

The lawsuit was filed by the same law firm that won a 9th circuit ruling in 2008 against Arizona. That case, Nader v Brewer, struck down Arizona laws that did not permit out-of-state circulators to work in Arizona. California, like Arizona, is in the 9th circuit.

On April 1, Meg Whitman, leading in the polls for the California Republican gubernatorial nomination, said that she opposes Proposition 14, the “top-two” ballot measure. She said that she is favorably disposed toward some sort of open primary, but she opposes Proposition 14 because it would lead to so few choices on the November ballot. She specifically criticized Proposition 14 because in some legislative or congressional districts there would be November elections in which no Republican appears on the ballot.

Whitman made this statement in Chico, at one of her public campaign events. Her comments were in response to a question from the audience.

New York will not hold a special election to fill the vacant U.S. House seat, 29th district, according to this story. The incumbent resigned from Congress on March 8, 2010. The state says it doesn’t want to spend $750,000, which is what a special election would cost.