Noon on May 12 was the deadline for candidates for Congress in Florida. In the U.S. Senate race, 4 independents, but no minor party nominees, will be on the November ballot. In U.S. House races, Democrats fielded a candidate in … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2006
On May 10, the Louisiana House Governmental Affairs Committee Passed HB 927, the bill to award the state’s electoral college votes to whomever gets the most popular votes nationwide. The vote was 6-4. Democrats have a majority in both houses … Continue reading
Iowa is the only state in the union in which people register into parties on voter registration forms, yet people can’t register into any party other than Democratic and Republican. Last year, the Libertarian and Green Parties filed a federal … Continue reading
The Idaho Statesman, the state’s largest newspaper, has scrapped its old policy of only covering Democratic and Republican candidates (for office other than president) in advance of the Idaho primary. This year’s primary is on May 23. The paper is … Continue reading
On May 11, independent gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman turned in 169,574 signatures to the Texas Secretary of State. It is somewhat amusing to see that the Texas Secretary of State has been fighting all attempts to force him to use … Continue reading