On July 15, a U.S. District Court in South Dakota heard arguments in Constitution Party of South Dakota v Nelson, cv 10-3011. The issue is a law that says that certain parties needs 250 signatures of registered party members to … Continue reading
On July 15, the West Virginia legislature came into special session, partly in order to consider amending the election law to set forth procedures for a special election for U.S. Senate this year. The Governor’s proposal is HB 201, and … Continue reading
Currently, Wisconsin has four qualified parties: Democratic, Green, Libertarian, and Republican. A party remains on the ballot if it polls 1% for any statewide race in a midterm year. This year, no Green filed for a statewide office in the … Continue reading
Until 2009, a qualified political party in Illinois had the freedom to nominate someone by a party meeting, if no one had been nominated earlier in that party’s primary. But in 2009 the Illinois legislature passed a bill saying that … Continue reading
On July 14, a U.S. District Court in Tallahassee, Florida, upheld part of Florida public funding for gubernatorial candidates. Specifically, the ruling upholds the part of the program that gives extra public funding to candidates who have privately-funded opponents with … Continue reading
