See this story, which says that New York state’s legislature doesn’t expect to pass a U.S. House redistricting plan until mid-March, and which also says that due to the new court-imposed June primary date, elections administrators and candidates will have … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2012
As reported earlier, last week the Pennsylvania Supreme Court invalidated the Redistricting Commission’s redistricting plan for Pennsylvania legislative districts, and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court also said the districts that have been in place for ten years should be used in … Continue reading
The Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary will list only President Obama. The Republican presidential primary will include Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Jon Huntsman, Ron Paul, Rick Perry, Mitt Romney, and Rick Santorum. The primaries are on April 3. … Continue reading
Last month, the Washington, D.C., city council passed bill 19-547, which changes the petitioning period for independent candidates and the nominees of unqualified parties, for President and all other partisan office. Petitioning can now begin two weeks earlier, and the … Continue reading
The Maryland State Court of Appeals, the highest state court in that state, will hear oral arguments on March 2 in Maryland State Board of Elections v Libertarian & Green Parties of Maryland, 2011-79. This is the case over whether … Continue reading