The Ohio Watchdog of September 26 has this account of the Libertarian struggle to get its gubernatorial ticket on the November ballot. … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2014
All nationally-organized political parties, major and minor, have fewer nominees for U.S. House this year than in 2012. Counting the 435 regular seats plus the District of Columbia Delegate seat, the 2014 numbers are: Democrats 400; Republicans 395; Libertarian 122; … Continue reading
On September 27, California Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 1253. It makes several important changes to the statewide initiative process. It expands the period for collecting signatures from 150 days to 180 days. Until the bill was signed, California had … Continue reading
On September 27, various Ohio voting rights organizations, including the NAACP and the League of Women Voters, filed this brief with the U.S. Supreme Court. The issue is whether the Supreme Court should reverse the order of the Sixth Circuit … Continue reading
On September 18, a Kansas Democratic voter, David Orel, filed a lawsuit in the Kansas Supreme Court, asking that the Court require the Democratic Party to nominate someone for U.S. Senate. Earlier that day, the Kansas Supreme Court had ruled … Continue reading