According to this news story in the Arizona Daily Star, Republican Party leaders in the state have already decided to try to change the rules, so as to make it possible for the party to exclude independent voters from voting … Continue reading
On February 5, Colorado Representative Kathleen Curry introduced HB 1271, which relaxes the prior affiliation rules for all candidates. Current Colorado law says no one may be a petitioning candidate in the November election if that person was a member … Continue reading
Ohio has six ballot-qualified parties this year, all of whom have their own primary. The Columbus Dispatch says that one candidate for U.S. Senate filed in the primaries of each of these three qualified minor parties: Constitution (Eric W. Deaton), … Continue reading
Back on June 17, 2009, the Florida Supreme Court issued an order, striking down Florida laws and regulations that let initiative signers remove their names from the petition after they have signed it. The Court did not then explain its … Continue reading
The February 18 issue of The Hill has this short interview with Indiana Democratic Senator Evan Bayh, who is leaving the Senate after his term expires at the end of this year. Bayh seems to think there could be a … Continue reading
