On July 12, Carl Romanelli, Green Party nominee for U.S. Senate in 2006, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the state employees who worked on challenging his petition while they were supposed to be working on state business. … Continue reading
West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin has asked the special session of the legislature to pass a bill with this suggested wording. The proposed bill would authorize a special U.S. Senate election in November 2010. Unfortunately the draft of the Governor’s … Continue reading
Damon Eris of Poli-Tea has posted a transcript of part of the July 8 Illinois gubernatorial debate in which the candidates talk about their ideas for a better ballot access law. See it here. To see the entire debate, posted … Continue reading
Four candidates are on the Arizona Libertarian primary ballot for Governor. Arizona’s public funding law provides that the state agency that handles public financing also has the job of setting up primary debates, if even one candidate in that primary … Continue reading
On July 12, Montana’s Attorney General submitted this 72-page brief in Kelly v McCulloch, 10-35174, the ballot access case pending in the 9th circuit. The case had been filed in U.S. District Court in 2008 on behalf of an independent … Continue reading
