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On March 6, U.S. House member Eric Massa, who represents New York’s 29th district, said he will resign from the House on March 8. New York election law does not require a special election for a member of the House … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2010
According to this story, New Mexico’s Director of the Election Bureau, who recently resigned, has said that one reason he resigned was that the Secretary of State was requiring patronage employees to help with her ballot access petition. New Mexico … Continue reading
The election for California Secretary of State has three well-known election law activists this year, although the type of election law activism each has engaged in are very different from each other. Christina Tobin is the only candidate seeking the … Continue reading
In Mississippi, all qualified parties nominate by primary. However, a primary is not actually held for parties with no primary contests. Because the ballot-qualified minor parties in Mississippi never have contests in their primaries, they in effect have already nominated … Continue reading
The Libertarian/Green Party brief in the North Carolina Supreme Court, in the ballot access case, has been filed. Here is the 36-page brief. The basic message is that North Carolina has no state interest in requiring so many signatures for … Continue reading