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On May 15, Alan Keyes, the 2008 presidential candidate of America’s Independent Party, was again arrested for trespassing at Notre Dame University. See this story. He had been arrested on the same charge on May 8. … Continue reading
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On May 15, the Missouri legislature adjourned. No election law bills of interest to most readers of this blog passed this year. The bill that came closest to passing was a bill to make it easier to qualify initiatives. Originally … Continue reading
The Minnesota Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Coleman v Franken, A09-697, on Monday, June 1. The issue is whether 4,400 absentee ballots from last year’s U.S. Senate election should be counted. Because Franken leads in the official recount … Continue reading
On May 15, the Illinois Senate unanimously passed HB 723, which requires qualified parties that nominate after the primary (by party committee) to submit a petition of approximately one-half of 1% of the last vote cast for that party in … Continue reading
The speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives has agreed to meet with the lobbyist for the Oklahoma ballot access bill on Monday morning. The lobbyist is a professional, and he has had great success so far, because HB 1072 … Continue reading