British Columbia elects a new Legislative Assembly on May 14. Currently the party line-up is 45 Liberals, 36 New Democrats, and 4 independents. At the upcoming election, those two parties, plus the Conservative Party and the Green Party, have candidates … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 2013
On April 5, the Connecticut Joint Government Administration and Election Committee passed SB 1146, the bill that makes it illegal for a party to nominate a non-member. However, the bill has not yet been voted on in either House. The … Continue reading
According to this story, the Conservative Campaign Committee PAC has launched a campaign to persuade voters to write-in State Senator Larry Grooms for U.S. House, in South Carolina’s upcoming special election in the First District. Grooms disavows the effort. However, … Continue reading
Maine Representative Deane Rykerson (D-Kittery) has introduced LD 1422, to establish a presidential primary in Maine. If it passes, it would allow the Green Party to have its own presidential primary in 2016. Maine has never held a presidential primary … Continue reading
The BLT (Blog of Legal Times) has this story about the April 25 decision of the Federal Election Commission to continue in force the exemption for the Socialist Workers Party from campaign finance disclosure. Also, here is a story from … Continue reading