On November 7, the Reform Party nominee for Allegheny County Council-at-large, David Tessitor, polled 8.3% of the vote. Allegheny County contains Pittsburgh and is Pennsylvania’s second-most populous county. Tessitor had both a Democratic and a Republican opponent. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette … Continue reading
The Coalition for Free & Open Elections (COFOE) was founded in 1985. It consists of the nation’s nationally-organized minor parties, and other organizations, that wish to work toward easing ballot access barriers for minor party and independent candidates, and also … Continue reading
Oklahomans for Ballot Access Reform (OBAR), which is sponsoring the initiative petition to ease the Oklahoma ballot access laws, has decided to double the pay of paid circulators, if those paid circulators turn in at least 50 signatures on any … Continue reading
In the first week in November, the Voting Rights Section of the U.S. Justice Department asked 18 states to prove that they are in compliance with the 1993 federal voter registration law. That law is commonly refered to as “Motor … Continue reading
On November 6, three Reform Party leaders sued certain other Reform Party leaders in federal court in Elkins, West Virginia. The case is Heinemann v Kennedy, 2:07-cv-91. The defendants include Beverly Kennedy and her attorneys. The three plaintiffs are Jerome … Continue reading
