On Thursday, January 26, two important legislative hearings will take place in California. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors’ Rules Committee will meet at 1:30 pm in Room 263 of City Hall to hear two bills on Instant Runoff Voting. … Continue reading
Senator Mike Delph has withdrawn SB 68, which would have provided a second means for a presidential candidate to get on a primary ballot. Current law requires a petition of 4,500 signatures, with at least 500 signatures from each U.S. … Continue reading
Mikhail Prokhorov has been put on the ballot for the Russian Presidential election, to be held in March. He is one of five candidates who qualified. He needed 2,000,000 valid signatures to get on the ballot, and he obtained them. … Continue reading
The Pennsylvania state courts, in the last decade, have been more hostile to minor party and independent candidates than any other state’s courts. They have upheld rulings of lower state courts that levy fees of over $80,000 against candidates who … Continue reading
U.S. District Court Judge Henry Hudson will hear Lux v Judd at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, January 25, in Richmond, Virginia. This is the case over the constitutionality of Virginia’s law, requiring circulators for U.S. House candidates to be residents … Continue reading
