On February 20, a federal holiday, the Missouri House Elections Committee passed SB 773, to move the filing deadline in the non-presidential August primary from March 27 to April 24. The motive is that the boundaries of legislative districts may … Continue reading
North Carolina requires 85,379 valid signatures for a new party, or a statewide independent, to get on the ballot in 2012. That is the second highest number of any state, after California. Americans Elect earlier submitted 125,032 signatures, and the … Continue reading
According to this article in The Militant, weekly newspaper of the Socialist Workers Party, the SWP will announce its presidential and vice-presidential nominees in mid-March. … Continue reading
The Texas Secretary of State recently informed Americans Elect that the period for circulating the petition to get a new party on the ballot runs from March 14 through May 28. Because it is virtually certain that the primary will … Continue reading
On February 18, Washington County, Maine, finally held its Republican caucus for president. When the Washington County results are added into the results from the remainder of Maine (as revised on February 17 to eliminate clerical errors) the statewide totals … Continue reading
