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Indiana is the only state in the nation that cancels someone’s voter registration if that person is sentenced to jail for a misdemeanor. On August 16, a lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court to overturn the law. The … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: August 2010
According to this article, the only Pennsylvania statewide candidates on the Tea Party petition, and on the Green Party petition, have withdrawn rather than face the challenge process. As readers well know, candidates who are challenged, and who do not … Continue reading
On August 13, the 9th circuit issued this 31-page opinion in Wolfson v Brammer, 09-15298. It says that a judicial candidate in 2008 has standing to challenge Arizona’s ban on certain kinds of speech for judicial candidates, even though the … Continue reading
The First Circuit will hear Barr v Galvin, 09-2426, on September 15, at 9:30 a.m. This is the case on whether the Massachusetts Libertarian Party had a right to use a stand-in presidential nominee on its 2008 petition, and then … Continue reading
According to this news story, Terry Thomas, a candidate for the School Board in Lady’s Island, South Carolina, had collected 200 signatures on petitions to be on the ballot. The day before the petitions were due, Thomas’ puppy found the … Continue reading