On June 4, Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons signed SB 212, which imposes a distribution requirement on statewide initiative petitions. For 2010, a statewide initiative will need a substantial number of signatures from each of Nevada’s 3 U.S. House districts. The legislature will revisit the issue of which type of districts to use after the 2010 census.
Great Britain has 69 seats in the European Parliament. At the election on June 4, Britain used proportional representation to elect its new representatives to the European Parliament. The results: Conservative 25, UK Independence 13, Labour 13, Liberal Democrat 11, Green 2, Scottish National 2, British National 2, Plaid Cymru (a Welsh regional party) 1.
On June 8, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear NAACP v Billups, 08-1231, the case over Georgia’s law requiring voters at the polls to show government photo-ID.
On June 8, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear NAACP v Billups, 08-1231, the case over Georgia’s law requiring voters at the polls to show government photo-ID.
Thanks to Michael Ravnitzky and Eric Garris, it is now possible for readers of this web page to see some additional issues of past printed copies of Ballot Access News. All of the 1994 print issues are now posted. Soon, even earlier issues will be similarly available. Ballot Access News began as a print publication in May 1985.
