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Because Ohio has no valid law in place on how a group becomes a qualified party, and because no bill to create a valid law is close to passing, the Ohio Secretary of State will leave the Constitution, Green, Libertarian, … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2009
David P. Redlawsk, a Political Science professor at Rutgers, has this op-ed in the Newark Star-Ledger, analyzing why New Jersey independent gubernatorial candidate Chris Daggett only got 5.7% of the vote when polls close to the election had him at … Continue reading
The Connecticut Post has this editorial, praising Governor Jodi Rell for asking the legislature to remove the discriminatory parts of the public funding law. The legislature is coming back on December 15, and the Governor has asked that the legislature … Continue reading
Activists have located state legislators in three state recently, who will introduce bills to improve ballot access laws. In Maryland, a sponsor has been found who will introduce a bill to clarify that signatures on petitions need not be an … Continue reading
On November 30, New Jersey Assembly Majority Whip John F. McKeon (D-West Orange) introduced A4271, a bill to provide that when a governor appoints a U.S. Senator to fill a vacancy, the governor must appoint someone who has been a … Continue reading