On August 4, the U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th circuit denied a rehearing en banc in Coffield v Handel, 09-13277. The case challenged the procedures for independent and minor party candidates to get on the ballot for U.S. House. They … Continue reading
“Smart Politics”, a Minnesota politics blog, has this interesting analysis of the large number of strong minor party and independent gubernatorial nominees this year. The piece, by Eric Ostermeier, contains a survey of all the instances since 1900 in which … Continue reading
On August 6, the Republican National Committee changed the party’s bylaws on presidential primaries. The author of the plan had worked with Democratic Party officials, so that the two major parties now agree on the timing of presidential primaries and … Continue reading
On August 6, the first court hearing was held in Ralph Nader’s case in Maine state court, suing the Democratic National Committee and many of its allied groups over the party’s coordinated campaign in 2004 to get Nader off the … Continue reading
The Denver Post has this story about the lawsuit filed a few days ago in U.S. District Court against a Colorado campaign finance law, that allows individuals to contribute $400 to a legislative candidate who is running in a party … Continue reading
