Alabama permits unqualified parties to qualify by petition in just part of the state. For some time the Alabama Libertarian Party has been circulating a petition for party status in Jefferson County, the state’s most populous county and the county … Continue reading
On December 3, Virginia Delegate Joe T. May announced he has left the Republican Party and, if there is a special State Senate Election in district 33, he will run as an independent. May was elected as a Republican to … Continue reading
On November 20, 2013, the state chair of Americans Elect asked the Nebraska Secretary of State to remove it from qualified status. The Secretary of State agreed to do this. Otherwise, the state would have been required to print up … Continue reading
Paul Zukerberg, a candidate for Attorney General of the District of Columbia, has re-filed his lawsuit to force the District to hold an election for that post. He originally filed in the District’s own court system, but the D.C. government … Continue reading
On December 2, independent candidate James Hall filed this 62-page brief in the Eleventh Circuit, in Hall v Bennett, 13-15214. The issue is whether petition requirements must be relaxed in a special election, when the petitioning period is so much … Continue reading
