On June 14, a new lawsuit was filed in federal court to strike down Oklahoma’s apparent ban on out-of-state petition circulators. It is Term Limits Group, et al v Savage, no. 5:07-cv-680.

The plaintiff wants to circulate an initiative petition expanding term limits to cover the state offices that are not already covered by Oklahoma’s term limits law. Although Governor and state legislators are already subject to term limits, there are no term limits on the other elected statewide executive posts, such as Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, etc.

On June 25, California Secretary of State Debra Bowen became the first election official in the United States to take legal action to force a vote-counting vender to reveal its source code. See this article. The dispute concerns ES&S.

On Wednesday, June 27, the California Assembly Elections Committee will hear SB 924, the bill that would direct the Secretary of State to place a ballot question on the February 2008 ballot, asking the voters about Iraq policy. The bill has already passed the Senate. The committee hearing will be televised on Cal Channel, but it may be broadcast later than the hearing itself. Cal Channel covers the California legislature much as C-SPAN covers Congress.