The Massachusetts Joint Elections Committee will hear HB 639 on October 16, at 2 p.m., in Room 2A of the Statehouse. The bill makes it more difficult for an unqualified party to apply to have its registrations tallied. Massachusetts law … Continue reading
On September 23, the Washington Post released its own poll of the Virginia gubernatorial race. Here is the Post’s story about the poll, which shows Terry McAuliffe at 47%, Ken Cuccinelli at 39%, Rob Sarvis 10%, and wouldn’t vote or … Continue reading
On September 23, the Arizona Libertarian Party and the Arizona Green Party filed this 14-page brief in the Ninth Circuit, in Az. Libt. Party v Bennett, 13-16254. The issue is the state’s voter registration form, which lists only the two … Continue reading
Kentucky has never before had an independent candidate for U.S. Senate on its ballots, in the 100 years that the state and the nation have been electing U.S. Senators by popular vote. But Ed Marksberry announced on September 22 that … Continue reading
Recently the California legislature passed AB 857, the bill to require that statewide initiatives aren’t valid unless at least 10% of the signatures were collected by unpaid volunteers. On September 23, both the San Francisco Chronicle and the Sacramento Bee … Continue reading
