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The Tennessee Senate had been scheduled to vote on SB 935 on May 5, but the bill has been reset for Monday, May 9. SB 935 is the ballot access bill for minor and new political parties. When the Senate … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2011
On May 4, the 8th circuit issued a 7-page opinion in Constitution Party of South Dakota v Nelson, 10-2910. This is a case on the constitutionality of South Dakota’s ban on out-of-state circulators, which has only existed since 2007. The … Continue reading
On May 4, the Pew Research Center released its fifth study of U.S. voters and their ideological views. Pew previously did such studies in 1987, 1994, 1999, and 2005. Using cluster analysis and survey research, the Center finds eight “core … Continue reading
On May 4, the 3rd circuit heard arguments in Carl Lewis’s lawsuit to get on the ballot, to run for the New Jersey State Senate in the June 2011 Democratic primary. See this story. Carl Lewis is well-known for his … Continue reading
On May 4, the Missouri House passed SB 282, an omnibus election law bill. Among other provisions, it deletes the typographical error in the existing law that requires a petition to qualify a new party to list that party’s presidential … Continue reading