On May 24, U.S. District Court Judge William K. Watkins will hold a hearing in Stein v Chapman, the ballot access case that challenge’s Alabama’s March petition deadline for newly-qualifying parties to get on the ballot. The hearing is at … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2012
The Colorado primary is June 26. El Paso County election officials decided not to print up any primary ballots for the Democratic Party or the American Constitution Party, because those two parties have no primary contests within the boundaries of … Continue reading
The Americans Elect web page has this brief announcement that the May 8 round of voting for a presidential candidate will not take place. Instead the first vote will be on May 15. This postponement is because no candidate, neither … Continue reading
On April 30, the Missouri Senate Finance & Government Operations & Elections Committee passed HB 1046. It requires political parties that wish to have a presidential candidate on the November ballot to furnish copies of the birth certificates of both … Continue reading
Political science professor Todd Donovan recently published an article in The California Journal of Politics & Policy, titled, “The Top Two Primary: What Can California Learn from Washington?” The article is in Volume 4, Issue 1, 2012. The last sentence … Continue reading