Both houses of the Oklahoma legislature have now appointed representatives to a conference committee for HB 2134. This is the bill that lowers the number of signatures for newly-qualifying parties. The Senate version of the bill also lowers the number … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2014
Cal Newsroom has this story about the American Independent Party, which features the fact that (1) no member of the party is running for any partisan office this year in California; (2) the party has endorsed many statewide Republican candidates … Continue reading
On May 13, Public Policy Polling released a poll for the North Carolina U.S. Senate race. The results: Democratic incumbent Kay Hagan 38%, Republican Thom Tillis 36%, Libertarian Sean Haugh 11%, undecided 15%. See here for more details. Thanks to … Continue reading
On May 10, former Wisconsin Governor Patrick J. Lucey died at the age of 96. See this New York Times obituary. He was John B. Anderson’s vice-presidential running mate in 1980, when the independent ticket got on the ballot in … Continue reading
On May 12, one of the petitioners for Congressman John Conyers filed her own lawsuit against the Michigan law that says only registered voters can circulate candidate petitions. An additional plaintiff is a voter who wants to vote for Conyers. … Continue reading