At their national convention today, Green Party delegates nominated physician Jill Stein as their presidential candidate. Stein won 193.5 delegates, compared with 72 for comedian Roseanne Barr, who did not attend. Stein will face Republican Mitt Romney for the second … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2012
Although Florida has lenient ballot access laws for parties to become ballot-qualified, the state rules for party documents are severe. Florida election officials have fined the Treasurer of the ballot-qualified Florida Tea Party $1,000 because the Treasurer should have filed … Continue reading
As noted earlier, California AB 2058 recently failed to pass the Senate Public Safety Committee. This is the bill to make it a crime to pay registration workers on a per-registration card basis. The bill, in its more recent form, … Continue reading
On July 13, the California Secretary of State completed the official vote count for the June 5 primary. A press release from the Secretary of State says that 31.1% of the registered voters participated. This is the lowest presidential primary … Continue reading
According to this news story, Michigan can cancel the September 5 primary in the 11th U.S. House district if only one person files in the Republican primary and/or the Democratic primary. So far no Democrat has announced any intention to … Continue reading