On June 23, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that the legislature must transmit bills to the Governor immediately after they are passed. However, the Court said that in the particular matter that prompted the Governor to sue the Legislature, the slow delivery of the budget bills, that the Court would not order the Legislature to send the bills, since the Legislature had not had advance notice of the rule announced on June 23, and because the Legislature had promised to send her the bills soon anyway. Brewer v Burns, 09-0168.

The Arizona House Judiciary Committee hears two important election law bills on Thursday, June 25, at 9 a.m. in House Hearing Room 4. On the agenda is SB 1091, the Secretary of State’s omnibus election law bill that legalizes out-of-state circulators for independent presidential petitions, but does not legalize out-of-state circulators for any other type of petition.

Also on the agenda is SCR 1025, which would put a ballot question on the November 2010 ballot, asking voters if they want to repeal public funding for candidates for state office.

On June 24, the Delaware House passed SB 198, the National Popular Vote bill. The vote was 23-12.