According to this story, some leading Chicago African-American pastors have called on the Chicago Board of Elections to keep Mayoral candidate Willie Wilson on the ballot in the February 2015 election. Wilson turned in 47,000 signatures, but challengers allied to … Continue reading
Joseph D. Morrissey, who was re-elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 2013 as a Democrat, recently resigned, so there will be a special election to fill his seat on January 13, 2015. However, Morrissey is running in the … Continue reading
On December 23, the Federal Election Commission posted all the comments it received, on the proposal to alter regulations concerning general election presidential debates. Use this link to see the comments. After clicking the link, choose “2014”. Then choose “2014-06”, … Continue reading
Alabama State Senator Cam Ward (R-Alabaster) has confirmed that he intends to again introduce a bill to lower the number of signatures for newly-qualifying parties, from 3% of the last gubernatorial vote, to 1.5%.
Israel will elect a new Knesset on March 17, 2015. This will be the first election in which a party needs 3.25% of the total vote cast instead of just 2% to earn seats in the body. The change was … Continue reading
