On August 5, 2008, Howard Lydick died. He had been nominated for vice-president at the 2007 Prohibition Party national convention held by the Earl Dodge faction of that party. Lydick lived in Richardson, Texas, and had also been the 2004 … Continue reading
On August 27, a federal court in Charleston, West Virginia, heard five and one-half hours of testimony about the constitutionality of the state’s August 1 petition deadline for minor party and independent presidential candidates. The case is Barr v Ireland. … Continue reading
On August 27, a federal court in Charleston, West Virginia, heard five and one-half hours of testimony about the constitutionality of the state’s August 1 petition deadline for minor party and independent presidential candidates. The case is Barr v Ireland. … Continue reading
An initiative, asking the voters of Cincinnati if they wish to use the Single Transferable Vote system for electing city council members, will be on the November 2008 ballot. The initiative sponsors were told on August 27 that they have … Continue reading
On August 27, the Ohio Green Party filed its lawsuit get on the ballot. McKinney v Brunner, U.S. District Court, 2:08-cv-819. As regular readers of this blog know, the federal courts in Ohio earlier put the Libertarian Party and the … Continue reading
