On May 21, Pennsylvania held a special election to fill the vacant State House seat, 95th district. The results: Democrat Kevin Schreiber 53.22%; Republican Bryan Tate 38.75%; Green Party nominee Bill Swartz 8.02%. When this seat had last been up, … Continue reading
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On May 20, late in the night, the Minnesota legislature adjourned for the year. The legislature did not pass the Senate version of the omnibus election law bill. That bill, SF 677, would have moved the primary from August to … Continue reading
Iran holds a presidential election on June 14. On May 21, the Guardian Council removed all presidential candidates from the ballot except for eight candidates who tend to support the status quo. See this story. One of the candidates removed … Continue reading
On May 21, U.S. District Court Judge Timothy C. Batten, an appointee of President George W. Bush, issued an 81-page opinion in Georgia State Conference of NAACP v Fayette County Board of Commissioners, northern district, 3:11cv-123. The ruling finds that … Continue reading
On May 7, South Carolina State Senator George Campsen (R-Charleston) introduced SB 683. It would provide that if a candidate is nominated by more than one party, the candidate must choose which party’s nomination he or she wants, and must … Continue reading
California held a special election on May 21 to fill the vacant State Senate seat, 16th district. Three Democrats, a Republican, and a Peace & Freedom Party member ran. Here are the unofficial results. Unlike regularly-scheduled elections in California, in … Continue reading