California county election officials tried very hard recently to eliminate county central committee elections. These party office elections are expensive for county elections officials to administer. These party officer elections use closed primaries, so election administrators must supplement the top-two … Continue reading
The September 2011 Nevada special election, U.S. House, 2nd district, will only have four candidates on it, not eight. The Libertarian, Dale Gremban, was removed from the ballot because he lacked the needed documentation to show that his party had … Continue reading
On July 4, the Ohio Green Party put out a press release, blasting the legislature for passing HB 194, the omnibus election law bill that the state claims cures the constitutional defect in the old ballot access law that was … Continue reading
On July 6, the 4th circuit issued a 14-page opinion in Lux v Judd, 10-1997, the case challenging the Virginia law that says circulators for an independent or minor party U.S. House candidate must live in the district. The U.S. … Continue reading
On July 5, the California Assembly Elections Committee passed SB 205 on a party-line vote, with all Democrats in favor and all Republicans opposed. It outlaws paying workers on a per-registration card basis, when that worker is trying to persuade … Continue reading
