On August 24, the California legislature passed SB 970, which moves the primary in midterm years from March to June.Source: California Legislature Passes Bill Moving Primary in Midterm Years from March to June...
How do you hold an election during a global pandemic? Without knowing it, California voters have been practicing for years. Since the 1920s — and before that, with a brief foray during the Civil War — a growing share of the statewide electorate has been voting remotely.Source: California’s 2020 all-mail election, explained...
California’s top election official says Los Angeles County should mail ballots to its 5.5 million registered voters at least 29 days ahead of the November general election to avoid the lengthy delays that plagued polling places in the nation’s most populous county on Super Tuesday.Source: CA Secretary of State has ‘deep concerns’ over how L.A. County handled election, suggests mailing...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - As he looks ahead to California’s March 3 Democratic primary, Neal Kelley is having sleepless nights.Source: Massive changes to California voting spark fears of Iowa-style primary chaos...
On February 13, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 207, which takes effect immediately. It lets voters change their party on election day, or at any time during the two weeks before a primary or an election. They already had the ability to change if the change was made earlier than that.Source: California Governor Signs Bill Letting Voters Change Party...
Steak dinners with lobbyists, overseas trips, favors for spouses — nonprofits set up by California legislators and their staffers are testing campaign finance laws even as they underwrite good works by elected officials. Here as elsewhere, they're on the rise.Source: The new thing for California politicians? Sweet charity...
If there is going to be a comeback for California’s traumatized Republican Party — a so-called “red recovery” that could threaten Democratic control of the U. S. House — Mike Garcia wants to be part of it. The former Navy combat pilot turned Republican congressional candidate is cut from conservative cloth. He supports a strong military, lower taxes and backs...
On November 21, the California Supreme Court issued a ruling in Patterson v Padilla, finding that the new law requiring presidential primary candidates to disclose their tax returns if they want to be on a presidential primary ballot violates the California Constitution. The opinion is unanimous.Source: California Supreme Court Unanimously Rules that California Tax Returns-Ballot Law Violates the State Constitution...
By Staff Writer California’s highest court will decide Thursday whether the state can require presidential candidates, including President Trump, to disclose their tax returns in order to appear on the state’s primary ballot.Source: California’s top court to decide whether state can force Trump to disclose tax returns...
On November 21, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla said he will drop his pending appeal in the Ninth Circuit over whether the new California law on tax returns and presidential candidates is constitutional.Source: California Secretary of State Will End Appeal in Ninth Circuit in Tax Returns-Ballot Lawsuit...
