Court Date Set for Hearing in Case Against Implementation of California’s “Top-Two” System

August 14th, 2010

A Superior Court in San Francisco will hear arguments in Field v Bowen on September 14, at 9:30 a.m.  This is the lawsuit that challenges two aspects of the California top-two system:  (1) the ban on counting any write-in votes in November for Congress and partisan state offfice; (2) the discriminatory policy that lets some, but not all, candidates list their party affiliation on the ballot.

4 Responses to “Court Date Set for Hearing in Case Against Implementation of California’s “Top-Two” System”

  1. James O. Ogle Says:
    August 14th, 2010 at 9:30 am

    The San Francisco Mini-state Parliament Circuit #2
    http://www.usparliament.org/ss11-2.htm

    San Francisco and San Matao Counties

    John Entwistle [Hemp], Dennis Peron [Republican], Jason Tulley [Pot], Kia Buffalo [Kia Buffalo]

  2. Demo Rep Says:
    August 14th, 2010 at 11:03 am

    (1) 14th Amdt, Sec. 2
    (2) 14th Amdt, Sec. 1 – EPC

    Difficult ONLY for lawyers and judges to understand ???

  3. James O. Ogle Says:
    August 14th, 2010 at 11:18 am

    http://www.usparliament.org/basic.htm

  4. SB6 Lawsuit to be Discussed at Tuesday Press Conference at California State Capitol. « Christina Tobin For Secretary of State Says:
    August 16th, 2010 at 8:31 am

    [...] “This is the lawsuit that challenges two aspects of the California top-two system: (1) the ban on counting any write-in votes in November for Congress and partisan state office; (2) the discriminatory policy that lets some, but not all, candidates list their party affiliation on the ballot,” Winger wrote at Ballot Access News. [...]