Skip to comments. We’re all used to seeing California throw its weight around, but its new law requiring a presidential candidate to provide five years of tax returns to be eligible to appear on a primary ballot is a new low.Source: Spakovsky and Canaparo:California can't pick who runs for president. New law just an attack on Trump...
The 2016 presidential election pitted the two most disliked candidates in the history of public polling against each other.Source: A Step Toward Blowing Up the Presidential Voting System...
James Brooks at the Anchorage Daily News is reporting that the Alaska Republican Party state central committee has voted at a meeting this weekend to skip the presidential preference poll during next year's caucuses.Source: Alaska Republicans Scrap Presidential Preference Vote at 2020 Caucuses...
SACRAMENTO — A California-based federal judge said today he intends to issue a preliminary injunction suspending a new state law that would require Donald Trump and other candidates to release their tax returns to appear on primary ballots.Source: Federal judge to suspend California law compelling Trump tax release...
Over the weekend it was reported that the Michigan Republican Party had made some changes to their delegate selection rules for the 2020 cycle. But this is a story that unsurprisingly, since it deals with rules changes, deserves some context.Source: Michigan Republicans Make Small Change to 2020 Delegate Allocation Rules...
Mission Viejo, a California city in Orange County, had decided to use Cumulative Voting to elect all five of its city councilmembers in the 2020 election. However, on September 18, the California Secretary of state ruled that Cumulative Voting is not legal in California for general law cities.Source: California Secretary of State Intervenes to Prevent Mission Viejo From Using Cumulative...
Making a political donation to a presidential campaign is about to get as easy as — well, saying it out loud. Alexa users can make donations of at least $5 and up to $200 to campaigns, and the feature is currently limited to presidential campaigns. Campaigns can sign up starting Thursday.Source: ‘Alexa, I want to make a political contribution.’ Amazon...
Law Professor Derek T. Muller has published a scholarly paper about presidential tax returns and various laws and proposals to force presidential candidates to reveal them. Here is a link to the summary. The summary page has a link to the paper itself.Source: Scholarly Paper on Presidential Tax Returns and Ballot Access Restrictions...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A federal jury in Frankfort, Kentucky, has convicted Jerry Lundergan, the father of Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, of funneling more than more than $206,670 of illegal corporate contributions to his daughter's failed 2014 challenge of Republican Sen.Source: Jury: Jerry Lundergan, Dale Emmons guilty on all counts in campaign finance case...
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...
