According to this story, the Ohio legislature is considering the idea of having primaries for state and local office, in 2012, in March; and having the presidential primary and congressional primaries in May. Thanks to Josh Putnam of Frontloading HQ … Continue reading
On September 21, U.S. District Court Judge John D. Bates, a Bush Jr. appointee, upheld the parts of the federal Voting Rights Act that require certain states to pre-clear election law changes with the Voting Rights Section of the U.S. … Continue reading
This Wall Street Journal story says the U.S. Justice Department has asked a U.S. District Court to order New York state to hold its primary (for office other than president) on a date earlier than September. This occurred in an … Continue reading
The California Secretary of State has placed this chart on her web page. It shows how many signatures Americans Elect submitted on its petition to be a party, by county. If a particular county has already checked signatures (using a … Continue reading
On September 19, proceedings began in the criminal trial of John Haggerty, who is accused of taking over $1,000,000 in funds from the New York Independence Party and not carrying out the political work that he had contracted to do. … Continue reading
