California State Senator Tom Umberg, chair of the Senate Elections Committee, is about to amend one of his bills to make it illegal for any party to have the word “Independent” in its name.Source: California Bill to Forbid “Independent” as Part of a Party Name...
On June 19, the California Assembly Elections Committee passed both bills that alter the California presidential primaries. SB 27 requires candidates to reveal the last five years of their tax returns.Source: California Assembly Elections Committee Passes Both Bills Affecting the Presidential Primary...
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...
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...
On March 25, the Hawaii Democratic Party released its plan for the 2020 presidential selection process. The plan goes for the party to hold its own presidential primary on Saturday, April 4, 2020. Although the party’s polls will close that day at 3 p.m.Source: Hawaii Democrats Will Hold Party-Administered Presidential Primary Instead of Caucuses...
Attorneys for the Utah elections office have indicated they want to put a freeze on the lawsuit Holland v Cox, 4:18cv-74.Source: Utah Government Wants to Settle Lawsuit Over Ballot Labels for Independent Candidates...
Washington's state Senate passed a bill this week that would drop President Trump from the state's 2020 presidential ballot until he releases his tax returns.Source: Washington Senate passes bill that would keep Trump off 2020 ballot unless he releases tax returns...
The California Senate Elections Committee will hear SB 505 on Tuesday morning, April 2. This is the bill that sets out detailed rules on how candidates get on presidential primary ballots.Source: California Senate Elections Committee Sets Hearing Date for Bill on Presidential Primary Ballot Access...
American Bridge and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee recently declared publicly that they will do everything they can to injure Howard Schultz if he runs for president in 2020 as an independent. See this story. Also, on January 28, Andrew Tanenbaum, who founded the web page electoral-vote.Source: Two Democratic Party-Associated Groups Threaten Howard Schultz if He Runs as an Independent...
On the day he became Utah’s senior senator, Republican Mike Lee turned to Facebook to urge Gov. Gary Herbert to abandon his support of SB54, the state’s dual-track election law that allows candidates to reach a party’s primary election by gathering signatures.Source: Sen. Mike Lee urges Utah governor to drop state defense of 'unconstitutional’ law that both Lee and Gov....
