The Fourth Circuit will hear Sarvis v Alcorn, 15-1162, on Tuesday, May 10. The issue is that Virginia law that always puts the Democratic and Republican nominees on top on general election ballots. The U.S. District Court had upheld the … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2016
Lawsuits are pending in both federal court and state court over whether Ohio voters who are 17-years old, and who will be 18 by November 8, can vote in the presidential primary. This story describes the state court hearing held … Continue reading
Plunderbund, an Ohio politics blog since 2005, has this story linking John Kasich’s elimination of his Libertarian opponent for Governor in 2014 to Kasich’s own petition troubles this month in Pennsylvania. Kasich’s campaign admits it didn’t submit enough valid signatures … Continue reading
The election returns for the March 1, 2016 Massachusetts Green Party presidential primary have been posted on the Secretary of State’s web page. The results are: Jill Stein 768; Sedinam Moyowasifa-Curry 78; Darryl Cherney 54; Kent Mesplay 37; William Kreml … Continue reading
The group of Republican donors and activists who want an independent presidential candidate to enter the race have determined that their best hope is to persuade Condoleezza Rice to be that independent. See this story. Rice was born in 1954, … Continue reading