James Traficant, a former Democratic member of Congress from Ohio, attempted to run this year as an independent candidate for U.S. House in Ohio’s 17th district. However, he was told that he needed 2,199 valid signatures, and after his petition … Continue reading
The July 30 Buffalo News has this confusing story, which seems to say that if Carl Paladino loses the New York Republican gubernatorial primary on September 14, he will still be listed on the November ballot as the nominee of … Continue reading
The Michigan Tea Party (the ballot-qualified party), which most observers feel is an insincere party artificially created by Democrats, recently nominated 23 candidates. But two of them will not appear on the ballot because they are under age 21. The … Continue reading
On July 29, a U.S. District Court handling the case Judge v Quinn ruled that any candidate for U.S. Senate in the November 2010 election for the full Illinios term should also automatically be on the ballot for the special … Continue reading
Ohio elects its judges in partisan elections, but there are no party labels on the general election ballot for candidates for judge. On July 28, some Ohio judges, and others, filed a federal lawsuit, arguing that the state must print … Continue reading
