On August 12, U.S. District Court Judge Graham Mullen heard oral arguments in Greene v Bartlett, the case that challenges the number of signatures needed for an independent candidate for U.S. House. North Carolina has had government-printed ballots since 1901, … Continue reading
On August 11, the Nebraska Secretary of State determined that the Libertarian Party’s petition for party status has enough valid signatures, so the party can now nominate candidates by convention, and they will appear on the November ballot.
Gautam Dutta, the attorney who is suing California over two particularly repressive aspects of the new “top-two” system that will go into effect next year, has this piece in Huffington Post about his lawsuit. The two aspects of the California … Continue reading
New Jersey state election officials recently wrote a letter to an attorney who represents the Socialist Party, refusing the party’s request that voters be permitted to register as members of the Socialist Party. The Socialist Party is more active in … Continue reading
Two independent candidates qualified for the November 2010 ballot in South Carolina this year, for the state legislature. One is Eugene Platt in the 115th House district, and the other is Jimmy McMillan in the 36th House district. Platt is … Continue reading
