Only two independent candidates appear on the Minnesota November 2010 ballot for State House of Representatives. It is has been discovered that one of them, Al Hein, running in the 31B district, was accidentally put on the ballot even though … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: September 2010
See this story, describing U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski’s announcement on the evening of September 17 that she will be a write-in candidate. … Continue reading
On September 17, a U.S. District Court judge in Michigan refused to issue an injunction, telling election officials to put the recall of the Mayor of Flint on the ballot. See this story. The issue is whether there are enough … Continue reading
Back in 1990, Tony Mazzocchi, a prominent labor leader in the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union, founded the Labor Party. It is running its first candidate for partisan office this year, for the South Carolina legislature. That candidate … Continue reading
On September 16, John W. Butts, Democratic nominee for Probate Judge in part of eastern Connecticut, lost his ballot access case in the State Supreme Court. See this story. … Continue reading