On May 2, a Vermont legislative conference committee approved a re-write of Senate Bill 86. The new version of the bill moves the independent petition candidate deadline from June to August. The bill sets August 1 as the presidential petition … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2014
May 2 was the deadline for Florida candidates to file a declaration of candidacy and the filing fee, for Congress. Here is a link to the candidate list. There are six U.S. House districts without a Democratic-Republican contest: Democrats failed … Continue reading
The Boston Globe has this story about the Massachusetts Republican Party. The third paragraph says unnamed sources say some of the party’s candidates for lesser statewide office may fail to get on the primary ballot. The petition deadline is May … Continue reading
Kentucky law says the list of registered voters is public information. However, in 2013, the legislature passed a law saying the names and the temporary addresses of absentee voters cannot be released until after the election is over. On May … Continue reading
The District of Columbia voter registration forms list the qualified parties and provide a checkbox next to the name of each one, to make it possible for voters to choose a party. See this picture of the form, which spells … Continue reading