Maryland bills SB 947 and HB 1562 did not make any headway, and it is now too late for either of them to pass. The identical bills lowered the number of signatures for a new party from 10,000 to 5,000 … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2009
Texas HB 1193 has passed all committee hurdles in the House, and is on the consent calendar for a vote in the House on May 12. UPDATE: it did pass the Texas House on May 12. HB 1193 relaxes the … Continue reading
On May 8, West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin III signed HB 2981, the ballot access improvement bill. West Virginia now has the best independent and minor party candidate petition deadline (for office other than president) that it has had since … Continue reading
As this World Net Daily article of May 10 shows, Orly Taitz is still actively pursuing legal action over President Barack Obama’s qualifications. Taitz is a southern California attorney. She has not been as well-publicized as Phil Berg, the Pennsylvania … Continue reading
On May 8, Alan Keyes was arrested while protesting on the campus of Notre Dame against an appearance by President Obama. Notre Dame does not let non-students protest on its campus. See this story. Alan Keyes received 47,694 votes in … Continue reading