This story says that the Ohio petition to put former Congresssman Jim Traficant on the November ballot as an independent for U.S. House now is only short 31 signatures. Furthermore, Trumbull County’s Board of Elections is refusing to make a … Continue reading
Carl Paladino, gubernatorial candidate of the Taxpayer Party of New York, filed 30,000 signatures on August 10, the first day on which petitions for the general election may be submitted. 15,000 are required. Paladino is permitted to supplement that filing … Continue reading
James Island, South Carolina, held town elections on August 3. Bill Woolsey, a member of the Libertarian Party, won the non-partisan Mayoral election. He is an economics professor at the Citadel, and he had also been elected to the town … Continue reading
Most observers predict that West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin will be elected to the U.S. Senate on November 2, 2010. West Virginia elects its Governors in presidential election years, so assuming Manchin is elected to the Senate, he will then … Continue reading
An earlier blog post today said that a challenge had been filed to the statewide petition of the Pennsylvania Green Party. Since then, the Libertarian and Tea Party statewide petitions have also been challenged. See this story. Tolerance for minor … Continue reading
