Plunderbund, an Ohio politics blog since 2005, has this story linking John Kasich’s elimination of his Libertarian opponent for Governor in 2014 to Kasich’s own petition troubles this month in Pennsylvania. Kasich’s campaign admits it didn’t submit enough valid signatures … Continue reading
The election returns for the March 1, 2016 Massachusetts Green Party presidential primary have been posted on the Secretary of State’s web page. The results are: Jill Stein 768; Sedinam Moyowasifa-Curry 78; Darryl Cherney 54; Kent Mesplay 37; William Kreml … Continue reading
The group of Republican donors and activists who want an independent presidential candidate to enter the race have determined that their best hope is to persuade Condoleezza Rice to be that independent. See this story. Rice was born in 1954, … Continue reading
According to this article in the Tucson Daily Star, proponents of a top-two initiative in Arizona are giving up, because Texas billionaires John and Laura Arnold do not agree with the strategy for passing the measure, and the Arnolds were … Continue reading
Jack Schwartz is a candidate for State’s Attorney for Rock Island County, Illinois. According to this story, his petition to get on the Democratic primary ballot was ruled invalid, so he will instead run as an independent candidate. The petition … Continue reading
Maryland Delgate Alonzo Washington (D-Hyattsville) has introduced HB 1559. It lowers the number of signatures for a statewide independent candidate from 1% of the number of registered voters (now approximately 37,000 signatures) to exactly 10,000 signatures. … Continue reading