On March 1, the 3-judge U.S. District Court in San Antonio, Texas, confirmed new rules for the 2012 election, for ballot access for independent candidates and newly-qualifying parties. The Court, as expected, rubber-stamped the rules proposed yesterday by the Democratic … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2012
On February 29, the West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a state constitutional requirement that in State Senate districts covering several counties, only one person from each county can ever be elected in any given election year. See this story. In … Continue reading
On March 1, the Oklahoma petition deadline for newly-qualifying parties, the Libertarian Party submitted 56,530 signatures. The requirement is 51,739 valid signatures. Although it seems obvious that the party didn’t submit enough signatures to meet the requirement (after checking for … Continue reading
On February 29, the New York major parties, and all the groups who sued New York over U.S. House redistricting, submitted proposed maps to the special master appointed by the U.S. District Court in Favors v Cuomo. See this story. … Continue reading
On March 1, the California State Court of Appeal issued a ruling in Fuller v Bowen, C065237. The decision refuses to decide if the California Constitutional provision, requiring candidates for the legislature to have lived in their district for at … Continue reading
North Carolina election law says candidates who are discussed in the news media should be listed automatically on presidential primary ballots. However, the State Board of Elections refuses to list Fred Karger on the Republican ballot unless the state chair … Continue reading