U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has spoken out against the idea that New York should make the definition of “political party” more restrictive. The idea is being pushed by the New York State Democratic Party chairman. See this story.Source: Elizabeth Warren Criticizes New York Ballot Access Restriction Idea...
On September 13, the California legislature passed AB 681. It lets voters change their party affiliation as late as primary day, without filling out a new voter registration form. It lets voters change their party by telephone, fax, or e-mail, as well as in person at the polls.Source: California Bill to Let Voters Change Their Party Immediately Before a Primary...
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...
The U.S. Supreme Court ended Monday five years of legal battles by the Utah Republican Party to quash a 2014 election law that allows candidates to qualify for the ballot by collecting signatures and/or through the caucus-convention system.Source: Long legal battles over Utah election law end as U.S. Supreme Court refuses to accept GOP appeal...
Utah elects a state school board from districts. Those elections are non-partisan. A few years ago the law was changed to say those elections are “partisan”, but that law was not specific.Source: Utah Bill for Partisan Elections for State Board of Education...
Order here in case challenging the state’s candidate-selection process. Prior coverage here and here.Source: Cert. Denied in Utah Republican Party v. Cox...
The 2018 election left California Republicans in dismal shape, with no statewide officeholders, just seven of 53 U.S. House seats, less than a quarter of all state legislative seats and third-place status in voter registration behind independents and Democrats.Source: California GOP gathers to chart a course after 2018 defeats...
Tuesday evening the Committee to Defend the President (CDP) filed a motion in a D.C. federal court seeking to supplement the complaint it had filed against the Federal Election Committee (FEC) in April 2018.Source: FEC Refuses To Probe Alleged $84 Million Clinton Campaign Laundering...
The Utah Republican Party has filed this reply brief, in the U.S. Supreme Court, in Utah Republican Party v Cox, 18-450. The next step will be for the court clerk to set a date for the court to consider whether to hear the case.Source: Utah Republican Party Files Reply Brief in U.S. Supreme Court...
This is the second of two posts raising potential constitutional flaws in California’s recently adopted “Top Two” primary system.Source: Primaries and Parties: Fusion Confusion?...
