On August 8, the California Senate Appropriations Committee passed AB 583, which establishes a pilot project of public funding, but only for the Secretary of State’s race in the year 2014. The bill was amended to be funded by voluntary … Continue reading
On August 8, an independent candidate for the U.S. House filed a lawsuit against North Carolina’s procedures for independents for district office. The law requires a petition signed by 4% of the number of registered voters. That law is so … Continue reading
According to the campaign website, Cindy Sheehan has qualified for the ballot as an independent against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in California’s 8th district. An email sent this afternoon to supporters says she turned in over 20,000 signatures with at … Continue reading
On August 7, the South Carolina Green Party filed a lawsuit against the State Election Commission. The Commission refuses to print Eugene Platt on the November ballot as the Green Party candidate for a particular State House seat. This is … Continue reading
Herb Hoffman, independent candidate for U.S. Senate who was removed from the ballot by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court last week, has asked that court to leave him on the ballot, pending his filing either a U.S. District Court lawsuit, … Continue reading
