Normally weekend days don’t produce much election law news. But Saturday, August 25, will be an exception. On that day, the Republican State Central Committee of Montana will decide whether to choose delegates to the national convention by caucus or primary. Also, the Democratic National Committee’s Rules & Bylaws Committee will decide whether to impose sanctions against the Florida Democratic Party for using a January primary to choose its delegates.
Inc.com has a short feature about Michael Jingozian’s attempt to win the Libertarian Party’s presidential nomination. See it here. Thanks to Eric Dondero for this news.
Inc.com has a short feature about Michael Jingozian’s attempt to win the Libertarian Party’s presidential nomination. See it here. Thanks to Eric Dondero for this news.
The trial in Common Cause v Billups is continuing into its third day, Friday, August 24. See here for an account of the Thursday session. The issue is the constitutionality of Georgia’s law requiring voters to show Government Photo-ID in order to vote at the polls. The case is Common Cause v Billups, although the name if the case will probably change soon, since on Thursday the judge dismissed Common Cause as a plaintiff. Since the NAACP was retained as a co-plaintiff, the case will probably be renamed NAACP v Billups.
UPDATE: the trial is over now. A decision is expected in the next three weeks.
On August 23, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his two predecessors, former Governors Gray Davis and Pete Wilson, held a joint press conference in Los Angeles. Their topic was a plea to the legislature to pass a proposed state constitutional amendment, setting up an independent commission to draw U.S. House and state legislative district boundaries. If the legislature passes such a proposal, then it would appear on the ballot for the voters to approve or disapprove it.
Governor Schwarzenegger also commented negatively on the proposed initiative to let each U.S. House district in California choose its own presidential elector. He said, “In principle, I don’t like to change the rules in the middle of the game.”
