The well-known politics blog Firedoglake published this article on July 7, about the on-line petition going around among Pennsylvania Democrats, that the Pennsylvania Democratic Party support ballot access for minor parties, and especially that Pennsylvania Democrats repudiate challenging their petitions. … Continue reading
Kristin Davis, candidate for Governor of New York, needs 15,000 signatures to appear on the November 2010 ballot. Petitioning started in New York on July 6. Davis will use the partisan label “Anti-Prohibition”. She had earlier hoped to receive the … Continue reading
Bob Barr, Libertarian Party nominee for President in 2008, filed as a declared write-in candidate for President in the District of Columbia, because he did not petition to get his name on the ballot. However, the D.C. Board of Elections … Continue reading
A Superior Court in Maine will hold a hearing in Ralph Nader v The Maine Democratic Party, et al, on August 6. The issue is whether the national Democratic Party and some other groups violated Nader’s right to run for … Continue reading
The Oregonian has this story about the Independent Party’s primary, which the party is paying for. The Independent Party, with approximately 56,000 registered members, is ballot-qualified. However, the Oregon law does not permit it to have a government-funded primary, because … Continue reading
