New Philadelphia Inquirer Editorial on Use of State Resources in Challenge to Nader 2004 Petition

Posted on by March 13, 2010
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The Philadelphia Inquirer of March 11 has this editorial, focusing attention on the fact that the challenge to Ralph Nader’s 2004 Pennsylvania petition was illegally carried out with state resources and state employees. Petition challenges in Pennsylvania are brought by private individuals, yet the people who challenged Nader’s petition used government assets. Nader is still being asked to pay approximately $80,000 to the people who challenged his petition.

The editorial also scolds the Pennsylvania Attorney General for accepting campaign contributions from the law firm that represented the challengers.

California Candidate Will Appeal Decision on Whether California Constitution Residency Requirement Violates the U.S. Constitution

Posted on by March 13, 2010
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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.

“Join California” Preliminary Tally of How Many Candidates Filed in Primary for Partisan Office

Posted on by March 13, 2010
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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.

"Join California" Preliminary Tally of How Many Candidates Filed in Primary for Partisan Office

Posted on by March 13, 2010
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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.