Bills in each house of the California legislature to ban paying circulators on any basis except hourly are both advancing. AB 1947 passed the Assembly Elections Committee on March 21. SB 1394 passed the Senate Elections Committee on April 3.Source: California Bills, Outlawing Paying Circulators Except Hourly, Advance...
John Cox is doing something remarkable for a Republican. A recent survey indicates he is now within striking distance of being elected governor of the infamously liberal state in November.Source: Newt Gingrich: California may elect a Republican governor -- Incredible as that sounds...
It’s hard to think of three words subject to more intense election-year scrutiny than the ones California candidates can include beneath their names on the ballot.Source: Why an election tradition in California is banned in other states...
Source: Commentary: Democrats allow GOP to game top-two primary...
At the request of Gov. Jerry Brown, the state’s political watchdog panel on Thursday delayed action on a controversial plan that could transfer power from its full-time chairwoman to give other, part-time commissioners a greater say in key decisions.Source: California campaign watchdog panel divided over proposed dramatic oversight changes...
When Donald Trump was elected, a lot of people in California signed a petition supporting the state’s secession from the U.S. It was hard to take the movement seriously—didn’t we fight a war over this?Source: Are some states headed for Splitsville? Movement grows to allow sections of states to break away...
Irvine Councilwoman Melissa Fox is the latest Orange County politician to exploit a rarely used fundraising account to shelter large campaign donations – in her case a $10,000 contribution from a liberal political action committee. But Fox isn’t alone.Source: Politicians use a once obscure committee to cloak campaign money...
A federal district court judge ruled the other day that it's constitutional for Montana to ban political robocalls, even though political consultants who had sued the state claimed their right to free speech had been violated.U.S.Source: California has strict rules for political robocalls — and they're routinely ignored...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) — At the Sacramento County Registrar's office Wednesday, election officials were preparing staffers for California's June primary. "We have an IT team in our office, that is embedded in our office," said Jill LaVine, Sacramento County's registrar of voters.Source: NorCal county registrars say hacking won't happen here...
One of the most important if underreported reform movements spreading among the states in recent years has been automatic voter registration (AVR) initiatives.Source: New California Law Automatically Preregisters 16-Year-Olds to Vote When They Get Their Licenses...
