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September 03, 2010 Providing legal resources and election news to California election officials and the attorneys who represent them. |
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September 2, 2010 "Signature gatherers used name of 69-year-old woman"From the Orange County Register: A political signature gathering firm that's been accused of wrongdoing in seven states registered dozens of Orange County residents to vote in February under the name of a 69-year-old woman who insists she was in Puerto Rico the entire time. The woman, Desia Ritson, runs a Salinas, Puerto Rico catering business that up until March served food at military facilities on the island. She says she hasn't been to California since the '90s." Posted by Randy Riddle at 7:49 PM | Permalink. . . September 1, 2010 Cal Supreme Court Denies Review, Alioto-Pier Cannot Seek Re-electionThe SF Chronicle story is here. Posted by Randy Riddle at 4:35 PM | Permalink. . . Petaluma sues to challenge ballot argumentThe article is here. Posted by Randy Riddle at 8:07 AM | Permalink. . . August 31, 2010 FPPC Task Force to Examine Campaign Finance Law Update"The Chairman's Task Force on the Political Reform Act was formed in August 2010 by Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) Chairman Dan Schnur. Chairman Schnur personally selected the 25 members of the Task Force to reflect the wide range of stakeholders within the Political Reform Act (Act), first passed by California voters as Proposition 9 in 1974 and created the FPPC, California's campaign finance watchdog. Charles H. Bell, Jr., Senior Partner of Bell, McAndrews and Hiltachk, LLP and Bob Stern, President of the Center for Governmental Studies were selected to chair the Task Force. The Chairman's Advisory Task Force is charged with proposing regulatory and statutory changes to the state's 36 year-old campaign finance laws with the intent of updating and clarifying the Act. The Task Force will have periodic public meetings and is expected to present their recommendations to the full Commission in January 2011." Posted by Randy Riddle at 9:18 AM | Permalink. . . "Judge denies legal challenge to pension and health care measure"From the SF Chronicle: "A San Francisco judge today ruled that a ballot measure to overhaul pension and health care benefits for city workers will go before voters in November, largely rejecting a legal challenge brought by major labor unions trying to remove it from the ballot." Posted by Randy Riddle at 6:36 AM | Permalink. . . August 29, 2010 "Legal challenge succeeds in changing Palo Alto ballot measure argument"The article can be found here. Posted by Randy Riddle at 1:37 PM | Permalink. . . August 28, 2010 "Lawsuit demands district elections in Tulare"You can find the story here. Posted by Randy Riddle at 6:42 AM | Permalink. . . August 26, 2010 "Judge slashes Calif. election case attorney fees "You can read the SJ Mercury News article here. Posted by Randy Riddle at 7:00 PM | Permalink. . . "Sales tax opponents move on legal, political fronts"From the San Diego Union-Tribune: "San Diego's sales tax ballot measure was hit on three fronts Wednesday with two lawsuits against it moving forward and a kickoff event for its opposition." Posted by Randy Riddle at 10:50 AM | Permalink. . . "Nakamura seeks write-in status, "stickers""A Superior Court judge will decide whether San Diego school board trustee Katherine Nakamura can seek re-election as a write-in candidate in the November election. But if the two-term incumbent gets her way, voters won't have to write in her name at all. Nakamura will argue in court on Thursday that she should be allowed to continue her re-election campaign despite a city election code that bans write-in candidates from the fall election. She will also ask the court to allow voters to place pre-printed stickers baring Nakamura's name on the ballot to prevent spelling mistakes." You can read the article here. Posted by Randy Riddle at 10:37 AM | Permalink. . . "Effort under way to switch Chico November election to June""The wheels are moving on an initiative that would change the city of Chico's general election from November to June -- a shift proponents say will bring more attention to local issues, and opponents argue will disenfranchise student voters." You can find the story here. Posted by Randy Riddle at 8:23 AM | Permalink. . . "Voters in Bell tell of possible fraud "Also from the LA Times comes this story: "As Los Angeles prosecutors investigate potential voter fraud in Bell, several residents have told The Times that city officials pressed them to fill out absentee ballots in a way that election experts say may have violated state law." Posted by Randy Riddle at 8:20 AM | Permalink. . . "Recall effort could halt city operations in scandal-plagued Bell"From the LA Times: "A recall effort launched this week in Bell has exposed a section of the city's charter that could leave residents without elected leadership. State law allows for new candidates to be elected in conjunction with a recall election. But Bell, a working-class town of 40,000, operates under a charter that stipulates that a separate election would have to be held to fill the council vacancies." Posted by Randy Riddle at 8:17 AM | Permalink. . . August 25, 2010 "Calif. congressman criticized for mass mailings"From the SF Chronicle: "Candidates in a competitive Southern California congressional race are engaged in a heated debate over an increasingly common practice -- the use of government money to pay for mass mailings ahead of an election." Posted by Randy Riddle at 7:51 AM | Permalink. . . August 24, 2010 Appellate Court: SF Supervisor Alioto-Pier Termed OutFrom the Court of Appeal's decision: "There have been four elections since 1990 where the voters of San Francisco considered Charter initiatives affecting the composition and election of the board of supervisors, and in none of them was there any hint that term limits would be relaxed. Nevertheless, the San Francisco Superior Court concluded that when an appointed You can find the decision at the Court's website. Posted by Randy Riddle at 2:30 PM | Permalink. . . "Why can't we register voters online?"The editorial is here. Posted by Randy Riddle at 7:38 AM | Permalink. . . August 23, 2010 "Mario G. Obledo, 78, Latino civil rights pioneer, dies"From the Washington Post: "Mr. Obledo, one of 13 children raised by a single mother in San Antonio, has been called the godfather of the Latino civil rights movement for his efforts to raise Latinos' profile as a political force. A lawyer by trade, he co-founded the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund in the late 1960s and served as its first general counsel, using the courts to fight discrimination against Latinos in the workplace, in public schools and elsewhere. He also co-founded the Hispanic National Bar Association and the National Coalition of Hispanic Organizations, and he played an early leadership role with the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, which works to boost the number of Latino voters." Posted by Randy Riddle at 7:55 AM | Permalink. . . August 22, 2010 Editorial: "Campaign disclosure flaw hurts voters""As the amount of money in political races grows, the level of scrutiny and financial disclosure unfortunately decreases, turning campaign advertising into an unregulated wasteland." You can read the rest of the Monterey Herald editorial here. Posted by Randy Riddle at 12:47 PM | Permalink. . . Editorial: "Are judges up for sale?"Form the San Gabriel Valley Tribune editorial: "Get ready for those sleazy TV ads explaining why you should vote for or against one of the nine state ballot measures in November. If that doesn't keep you away from your TV screen this fall, picture the mud flying over contests for judge of Superior Court in the county. That's right, in the same way the special interests have hijacked the state's direct democracy process, they're trying to influence judicial elections." Posted by Randy Riddle at 12:41 PM | Permalink. . . |
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