On May 28, the North Carolina State Board of Elections filed this brief in Pisano v Bartlett, the lawsuit challenging the May petition deadline for petitions for newly-qualifying parties. The brief argues that because the two plaintiff parties, the Constitution … Continue reading
Opponents of a Michigan referendum have asked the State Supreme Court to invalidate the referendum petition, on the grounds that the petition used the wrong font size. The State Court of Appeals earlier upheld the petition, on the grounds that … Continue reading
Chuck Muth, a Republican activist in Nevada, suggests here that “vote-swapping”, an idea pioneered by Ralph Nader supporters and Al Gore supporters in 2000, should be revived this year. “Vote-swapping” depends on the internet. The facilitator sets up a web … Continue reading
It is likely that the only two names printed on the November 2012 ballot in South Carolina’s state house race, 26th district, will be Libertarian Jeremy Walters and independent Raye Felder. See this story. No Democrat ran. The Republican, Raye … Continue reading
Richie Ross, a veteran California Democratic Party campaign consultant, has this op-ed in the Sacramento Bee. He concludes that the biggest change caused by California’s top-two open primary Proposition 14 was to vastly increase the amount of money spent in … Continue reading
On June 28, the 4th circuit ruled in USA v Danielczyk that federal laws that prohibit contributions to federal candidates are still constitutional. Here is the 12-page decision. As is well known, in 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in … Continue reading