On February 21-22, state officials of the Alabama Republican Party will determine whether 18 particular Republican candidates should be removed from the party’s June 2014 primary. See this story. Many, if not most, of the challenges are based on allegations … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: February 2014
Marianne Williamson, the independent candidate in California’s 33rd U.S. House district this year, and a well-known author, has hired John Shallman and Joe Trippi to work on her campaign. See this story. Shallman and Trippi normally work for Democrats. Williamson … Continue reading
On February 8, the Pennsylvania elections office announced that it has re-designed the petition form for candidates seeking to get on a primary ballot. The new form no longer says that the circulator lives in the particular district or jurisdiction … Continue reading
On February 14, Maryland State Senator William C. Ferguson (D-Baltimore) introduced SB 1032, which changes the number of registered members for a party to remain ballot-qualified from 1% of the state total, to exactly 10,000 members. If the bill were … Continue reading
According to this story, some Nebraska legislators want to move the primary from May to April. There is no bill to make that change, but Senator John Murante already has an election law bill, LB 1048, and he may amend … Continue reading