On July 10, Chris Thomas, Michigan Election Director, said that in his opinion, nothing prevents Mike Duggan from being a write-in candidate for Mayor of Detroit. Duggan is a leading candidate for Mayor, who was removed from the ballot. One … Continue reading
As previously reported, last month a U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., certified the Libertarian Party’s lawsuit over bequests to political parties to the full panel of active judges in the U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit. That case is … Continue reading
BuzzFeed Politics has this article, which suggests that former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer may have trouble collecting 3,750 valid signatures of registered Democrats by Thursday, July 11. He is seeking the Democratic nomination for Comptroller of New York city. … Continue reading
The Oregon Secretary of State has released registration data as of June 15. See here. The percentages of voters by party are now: Democratic 39.30%, Republican 30.90%, non-affiliated 22.61%, Independent Party 4.44%, Libertarian .71%, Pacific Green .48%, Working Families .31%, … Continue reading
This is very old news, but it had not been reported before. In 2012 the South Dakota legislature passed HB 1182, which moves the petition deadline for non-presidential independent candidates from June to the last Tuesday in April. South Dakota’s … Continue reading
