26 Apr

On April 25, the California Senate passed SB 505.  It makes it more difficult for a candidate to get on a presidential primary ballot.  Current law lets the Secretary of State decide whom to place, but he must place any candidate who is “generally recognized.Source: California Senate Passes Bill Making it More Difficult to get on a Presidential Primary Ballot...

01:04 / ballot access / vblog
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10 Apr

California has launched few government projects with higher stakes than its ambitious 2018 program for registering millions of new voters at the Department of Motor Vehicles, an effort with the potential to shape elections for years to come.Source: California launched DMV voter registration system despite bugs and hackers...

01:24 / California / vblog / Voter Registration / yclass
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08 Apr

As major presidential hopefuls release their fundraising numbers from the first quarter this week, recent polling finds just 1 in 5 Americans say they are satisfied with the nation's campaign finance laws.Source: Very few Americans are satisfied with campaign finance laws, but most don't know a lot about them...

20:46 / Campaign Finance / vblog
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08 Apr

Marsha Holland has asked a U.S. District Court to suspend her election law lawsuit until April 1, 2020, because the state elections office has agreed to ask the legislature to fix the problem that she complained about.Source: Utah Independent Candidate Suspends Ballot Label Case To Give Legislature a Chance to Solve Problem...

02:45 / ballot access / Utah / vblog
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28 Mar

Most Americans agree that partisan gerrymandering is a scourge to democracy. But is it one that citizens can fix themselves? That’s the theory floated by Justice Neil Gorsuch during oral arguments at the Supreme Court on Tuesday over two major gerrymandering cases.Source: Neil Gorsuch’s Bad-Faith Ploy to Save Partisan Gerrymandering and Doom American Democracy...

06:59 / Gerrymandering / supreme court / vblog
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28 Mar

At oral arguments in yesterday’s partisan gerrymandering cases, several Justices raised questions about whether partisan-gerrymandering challenges implicitly appeal in one way or another to a baseline of proportional representation (PR).Source: Proportionality is Not the Baseline In Modern Partisan Gerrymandering Cases...

02:14 / Gerrymandering / supreme court / vblog
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