Ninth Circuit Upholds Nevada Initiative Signature Gathering Rule Requiring Certain Number of Signatures Per Congressional District
Interesting opinion in Angle v. Miller.
Category Archives: direct democracy
“Fate of ballot measures often depends on the wording”
Very important report at Stateline. From my personal experience with this (with Harris’s predecessors), I strongly support taking issue away from the CA attorney general.
“Ohio Senate Republicans take another crack at election reform before the fall presidential election”
Very important article from the Cleveland Plain Dealer. It seems that if the Ohio legislature could repeal this measure and replace it with something similar, it would make an end run around the people’s power of referendum. I wonder if… Continue reading
“Wisconsin recall: Petition names go public despite security fears”
The LA Times reports.I suspect security issues here are greatly exaggerated, just as they proved to be in the Washington state Doe v. Reed case.
“Colorado Lawsuit Challenges Wisdom of Ballot Box”
It is not every day that the Guarantee Clause makes it to the pages of the NY Times.
“Dan Walters: California politicans use power to fix the ballot game”
See this SacBee column.
11th Circuit Today Considering Florida Constitutional Amendment Taking Away Legislative Power to Redistrict
Reuters reports.
“”Could Prop. 13 fall? A lawsuit argues that Prop. 13 was improperly approved; If it succeeded, it would wipe out a system that has governed California for more than 30 years.”
Jim Newton has written this oped for the LA Times.
“Walker says lawsuit will protect integrity of recall process”
The latest from Wisconsin.
“Walker, GOP sue state elections and ethics agency over recall effort”
Journal-Sentinel:
There have been scattered reports that some people have signed recall petitions against Walker more than once, either to inflate the number of signatures or because they were concerned that their original signature might not be properly counted.
Fitzgerald… Continue reading
Walker Recall Petitions: Why Equal Protection?
Following up on this post, and this response from Ann Althouse, I started seeing a different parallel to Bush v. Gore. One of the smartest pieces on the doctrine of Bush v. Gore is Roy Schotland’s article on… Continue reading
Wisconsin GOP Sues Gov’t Board Over Walker Recall Petition Signatures
The press release is here. The theory is a major equal protection stretch: it is that it violates the rights of Wisconsin voters who did not sign the Walker recall petition for the government not to affirmatively check recall… Continue reading
“The impossible task of verifying signatures on the Walker recall petitions”
Althouse blogs.
Striking Hitler from Wisconsin Recall Petitions
You need to ask, and believe me, someone will.