On the evening of September 30, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed SB 37, the National Popular Vote Plan bill. His veto message said the voters should vote on the idea.
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A SurveyUSA poll released on September 30 shows that no candidate has majority support in the Georgia U.S. Senate race. The poll shows: Saxby Chambliss (Rep.) 46%, Jim Martin (Dem.) 44%, Allen Buckley (Libt.) 5%, undecided 5%.
On September 29, the Associated Press, the TV networks, and the Edison-Mitofsky Company sued the Minnesota Secretary of State over a law passed this year that bars exit pollsters within 100 feet of any building which houses a polling station. Minnesota is the only state with such a restriction on exit pollsters.
The exit polling company and the TV networks always win these cases. Earlier this year they sued South Dakota and won; South Dakota didn’t even contest the case, but merely gave in. Thanks to Ed Still’s VoteLawBlog for this news.
Late on the evening of September 29, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed SB 1322, which would have removed some of the old unconstitutional laws on the books that discriminate against present and past members of the Communist Party. However, his office has not yet put out a press release, so his veto message is not available yet. UPDATE: here is the veto message. It doesn’t even acknowledge that the laws sought to be repealed were held unconstitutional by the California Supreme Court in 1967.
Although SB 1322 was not an election law bill, it had ramifications for election law. California is one of six states that still has laws on the books barring Communists from running for office. If SB 1322 (which dealt with the education code) had become law, those election laws might have been easier to change.
Public Policy Polling released a North Carolina poll on September 29. For president, the results are: Obama 47%, McCain 45%, Barr 3%, undecided 5%. For U.S. Senate, Kay Hagan (Dem.) 46%, Elizabeth Dole (Rep.) 38%, Christopher Cole 6% (Libt.), undecided 10%. For more details, see here. Thanks to DailyKos for the link.