Mark reads my post on the Secretary of State’s Proposal #14, changing the basis for calcualting signature requirements for candidate petitions, asks me what I…
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Secretary of State Monae Johnson’s packet of election-reform proposals includes a proposal to base signature requirements for candidate petitions on voter registration totals rather than…
On Sunday I discussed the inconsistency of Secretary of State Monae Johnson’s proposal to allow candidates to skip petitions and pay filing fees to get…
The petition process is near and dear to my heart. Naturally, I notice among Secretary of State Monae Johnson’s 17 proposals for election law changes…
You’d think that Jon Hansen, with all of his legal education and Legislative experience, would be better at writing clear, consistent legislation. But no. Take…
On Thursday, federal Judge Camela C. Theeler denied the state’s motion to stay her injunction against its unconstitutional February deadline for submitting initiative petitions. The…
Last month U.S. District Court Judge Camela C. Theeler told Secretary of State Monae Johnson and her minions that they cannot enforce an unconstitutionally early…
The state refuses to accept Judge Camela C. Theeler’s ruling that Speaker Jon Hansen once again disregarded the First Amendment when he pushed the initiative…
Evidently eager for more beatings in court, the state yesterday filed its notice of appeal to the Eighth Circuit over its loss this summer over…
Rick Knobe is out petitioning—not for mayor or Senate or a good solid ballot question, darn it, but to give Senator John Thune a little…