New York holds a special election on May 24, to fill the vacant U.S. House seat, 26th district. Roll Call reports here that the Green Party nominee is likely to be Ian Murphy, who is somewhat famous for impersonating David … Continue reading
On March 17, the Massachusetts Libertarian Party asked the U.S. Supreme Court for an extension of time in which to file a cert petition in Barr v Galvin. Such extensions of time are fairly easy to obtain. Barr v Galvin … Continue reading
On April 1, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to hear Nader v Nago, 10-728, the Hawaii ballot access case. This is the case, filed in 2004, that challenges the number of signatures for an independent presidential candidate in … Continue reading
On March 16, Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman signed LB 399. It eliminates the county distribution requirement for statewide non-presidential independent candidate petitions. This appears to be the first ballot access improvement bill that has passed in any state in 2011. … Continue reading
On the evening of March 16, the Oklahoma House passed HB 1615, which moves the primary (for office other than President) from July to June, and which also moves the deadline for the petition to create a ballot-qualified party to … Continue reading
