On June 26, California held a special election to fill the vacancy in the 37th U.S. House district. Since no one got as much as 50%, a run-off will be held on August 21 between Democrat Laura Richardson, Republican John Kanaley, Green Daniel Brezenoff, and Libertarian Herb Peters. For the June 26 election results, see here.
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 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 June 17, supporters of an initiative to have the voters choose the King County, Washington, Elections Director, submitted 74,000 signatures. The initiative would amend the County Charter, and it needs 54,732 valid signatures. The drive was fueled by a perception by some that the incumbent county elections director is biased in favor of the Democratic Party.
