On March 5, U.S. District Court Judge J. Michelle Childs, an Obama appointee, agreed to expedite the lawsuit Greenville County Republican Party v State of South Carolina, 6:10-cv-1407. This is the lawsuit in which the Republican Party is seeking to … Continue reading
On January 25, New Mexico Representative Andy Nunez changed his registration from “Democratic” to “independent.” He did so because he had been removed as chair of the Water and Natural Resources Committee. Nunez lost his chairmanship because he opposed Speaker … Continue reading
On March 4, the Washington State Senate passed SB 5171, which moves the primary (for office other than President) from late August to early August. The filing deadline moves three weeks earlier, into late April. The bill passed with only … Continue reading
According to this story in the Detroit News, leaders of both the Republican Party, and the Democratic Party, say they favor keeping Michigan’s presidential primary in February. If the legislature does nothing, the 2012 presidential primaries will be on February … Continue reading
Earlier this year, Congressman John Conyers (D-Michigan) introduced HR 108. All of these points only relate to federal elections. The bill would outlaw vote-counting machines that have no audit trail; it would provide that provisional ballots are not invalid just … Continue reading
