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The Maine Joint Committee on State and Local Government holds a hearing on May 4 at 9 a.m. One of the bills, LD 1041, would change the method by which a party remains ballot-qualified. Present law says it must have … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2009
The Herald-Journal of Spartanburg, South Carolina, has this April 23 editorial, advocating that political parties ought to pay for their own primaries. The editorial is factually misinformed when it suggests that the Communist Party and the National Socialist Party are … Continue reading
On the evening of April 30, the Colorado Senate voted not to consider HB 1299, the National Popular Vote Plan bill. The bill’s sponsor asked the Senate to take the bill off the agenda, since he calculated that if it … Continue reading
Last week, both sides in the Montana ballot access case filed their briefs. Kelly v McCulloch, cv-08-25-BU, challenges the March petition deadline for independent candidates (for office other than president). The deadline had been in June, until 2007, when the … Continue reading
The League of Women Voters is holding its state convention May 1-2, at Bowdoin College, Brunswick. The speaker for May 2, at 1 p.m. through 2:30 p.m., is Theresa Amato, Ralph Nader’s campaign manager in 2000 and 2004. Because Amato … Continue reading