Independent U.S. Senate candidate Greg Dorsey is currently challenging the Maryland law that requires him to get almost four times as many signatures as are needed for a new party in Maryland. The state is trying to get his case … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2015
On September 22, the Pennsylvania Senate State Government Committee held a hearing on SB 495, the ballot access bill. The Committee has eleven members but only two of them attended. Four witnesses spoke in favor of the bill. A law … Continue reading
On September 22, the three minor parties who won in U.S. District Court in July against Pennsylvania’s ballot access laws asked the Third Circuit to summarily affirm that U.S. District Court decision. The issue is Pennsylvania’s unique system of putting … Continue reading
This New York Times story says Governor Scott Walker is about to drop out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination. Thanks to Political Wire for the link. … Continue reading
Casey Seiler has this interesting analysis of the legal problems of the Women’s Equality Party, in the Albany, New York Times Union. Seiler suggests that the Attorney General and the Comptroller both have motives for their refusal to sign any … Continue reading