Steve Vaillancourt is a Republican state legislator in New Hampshire who in 2000 was elected to the legislature solely as a Libertarian Party nominee. He has been in the national news this week. Two weeks ago, the New Hampshire legislature … Continue reading
California, like most states, charges filing fees for candidates. The California fee is 2% of the annual salary for statewide office, and 1% for U.S. House and state legislature. On May 20, the state commission that sets salaries for partisan … Continue reading
Great Britain will be holding a House of Commons election sometime in the next 13 months. The recent scandal involving expenses for members of the House of Commons has damaged the Labour Party, the Conservative Party, and the Liberal Democratic … Continue reading
On May 19, the Nevada legislature passed SB 162, which moves the primary from August to June. The bill also moves the petition deadline for non-presidential independent candidates from May to March, which might be challenged some day as an … Continue reading
On May 20, Maine LD 1169 passed First and Second reading in the Maine House. Among other things, it deletes the requirement that voters must write-in not only the name of the write-in candidate, but that candidate’s town or city … Continue reading
