On November 16, U.S. District Court Judge J. Leon Holmes ruled against the state of Arkansas, in the lawsuit over whether a state can remove a party from the ballot just because it did poorly in the presidential race, even … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2009
On November 30, a status conference was held in Idaho Republican Party v Ysursa, the federal case over whether the Constitution protects the Republican Party’s desire to have a primary in which only party members may vote. Currently, Idaho does … Continue reading
Because Ohio has no valid law in place on how a group becomes a qualified party, and because no bill to create a valid law is close to passing, the Ohio Secretary of State will leave the Constitution, Green, Libertarian, … Continue reading
David P. Redlawsk, a Political Science professor at Rutgers, has this op-ed in the Newark Star-Ledger, analyzing why New Jersey independent gubernatorial candidate Chris Daggett only got 5.7% of the vote when polls close to the election had him at … Continue reading
The Connecticut Post has this editorial, praising Governor Jodi Rell for asking the legislature to remove the discriminatory parts of the public funding law. The legislature is coming back on December 15, and the Governor has asked that the legislature … Continue reading
Activists have located state legislators in three state recently, who will introduce bills to improve ballot access laws. In Maryland, a sponsor has been found who will introduce a bill to clarify that signatures on petitions need not be an … Continue reading