On the evening of January 6, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland vetoed SB 380, an election law bill passed by the outgoing legislature. It dealt with early voting procedures, and procedures for reconciling discrepancies in the voter registration database and other … Continue reading
The Election Law Journal, volume 7, number 4 (December 2008) has an article, “Judicial Decision-Making in Nader’s Ballot Access Litigation” by Kyle C. Kopko. The article is 24 pages long. It concludes, in part, “Although much of the judicial politics … Continue reading
Many state legislatures have rigid deadlines for introducing bills. Those deadlines were in December 2008 in Indiana, Iowa, and Oklahoma. A previous post had said that the Indiana deadline was in mid-January, but actually it was on December 15. Therefore, … Continue reading
Congress will count the electoral votes on January 8 (Thursday) at 1 p.m.
Illinois holds a special election to fill the vacant 5th U.S. House seat on April 7. The Board says any independent candidate, or any nominee of an unqualified party, must submit 12,586 valid signatures no later than January 27. The … Continue reading
