Kentucky State Senator Damon Thayer, leader of the State Senate and a Republican, will decide by March 5 whether to introduce a bill to let candidates run simultaneously for President or Vice-President and either house of Congress. March 5 is … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2014
This Ohio news story has more details about the March 4 hearing on whether the Libertarian Party statewide candidates who petitioned to be on the Libertarian primary ballot should be removed. … Continue reading
North Dakota held a gubernatorial election in November 2012. Independent candidate Paul Sorum has been fighting in court to overturn the election results, on the grounds that both the Democratic nominee and the Republican nominee should not have been on … Continue reading
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in Susan B. Anthony List v Driehaus, 13-193, on April 22. This is a challenge to Ohio’s law making it illegal for individuals to make false statements about candidates or … Continue reading
On March 3, the Minnesota Senate Subcommittee on Elections, part of the Rules Committee, passed SF 585. This is the National Popular Vote Plan bill. It had been introduced over a year ago, and this is the first progress it … Continue reading