Over the weekend it was reported that the Michigan Republican Party had made some changes to their delegate selection rules for the 2020 cycle. But this is a story that unsurprisingly, since it deals with rules changes, deserves some context.Source: Michigan Republicans Make Small Change to 2020 Delegate Allocation Rules...
Mission Viejo, a California city in Orange County, had decided to use Cumulative Voting to elect all five of its city councilmembers in the 2020 election. However, on September 18, the California Secretary of state ruled that Cumulative Voting is not legal in California for general law cities.Source: California Secretary of State Intervenes to Prevent Mission Viejo From Using Cumulative...
Making a political donation to a presidential campaign is about to get as easy as — well, saying it out loud. Alexa users can make donations of at least $5 and up to $200 to campaigns, and the feature is currently limited to presidential campaigns. Campaigns can sign up starting Thursday.Source: ‘Alexa, I want to make a political contribution.’ Amazon...
Law Professor Derek T. Muller has published a scholarly paper about presidential tax returns and various laws and proposals to force presidential candidates to reveal them. Here is a link to the summary. The summary page has a link to the paper itself.Source: Scholarly Paper on Presidential Tax Returns and Ballot Access Restrictions...
