On January 12, the U.S. Supreme Court received the opposition brief in New York State Bd. of Elections v Lopez Torres, no. 06-766. If the state of New York wishes to rebut it, that brief must be submitted in the … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2007
On January 5, Oklahoma State Senator Randy Brogdon introduced SB 28, which lowers the number of signatures for a new party from 5% of the last vote cast, to 5,000 signatures. Between 1924 and 1975, Oklahoma had required 5,000 signatures … Continue reading
The dispute over which faction of the national Prohibition Party is the “legitimate” faction has a court hearing on January 16 in Media, Pennsylvania, at the Delaware County Courthouse. It starts at 10 a.m. The case is titled Residuary Trust … Continue reading
The regular session of the Florida legislature doesn’t start until March 6, 2007. Nevertheless, the House Ethics and Elections Committee held a hearing on January 10 on a proposed bill to move the Florida presidential primary from early March to … Continue reading
Illinois state representative Mike Boland will introduce a bill in February to move independent candidate petition deadlines from December of the year before the election, to June of election years. The bill will also lower the number of signatures for … Continue reading