A Kentucky Libertarian, David Patterson, has announced his intention to win the party’s U.S. Senate nomination for 2014 and to appear on the ballot. If he gets the required 5,000 signatures, he will be the first minor party or independent … Continue reading
The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court will hear arguments in Nomination Papers of Nevin Mindlin, 1392 C.D. 2013, on September 12, Thursday, at 9:30 a.m. in Harrisburg. This is the case over whether independent candidates must use a Substitution Committee. The lower … Continue reading
Last week, former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, who is now a Libertarian, endorsed Rob Sarvis, the Libertarian Party nominee for Governor of Virginia. That was enough to get a fairly short article about the endorsement in Richmond’s daily newspaper, … Continue reading
The Des Moines Register has this story about Professor Charles Wheelan’s Centrist Party, and how it is organizing in Iowa and some other states. … Continue reading
Ohio holds local elections in November 2013; almost all of them are non-partisan. In two counties, a surprisingly large number of candidates failed to get on the ballot, because of flaws in their petitions. See this story about Franklin County, … Continue reading
