On September 21, U.S. District Court Judge John D. Bates, a Bush Jr. appointee, upheld the parts of the federal Voting Rights Act that require certain states to pre-clear election law changes with the Voting Rights Section of the U.S. … Continue reading
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This Wall Street Journal story says the U.S. Justice Department has asked a U.S. District Court to order New York state to hold its primary (for office other than president) on a date earlier than September. This occurred in an … Continue reading
The California Secretary of State has placed this chart on her web page. It shows how many signatures Americans Elect submitted on its petition to be a party, by county. If a particular county has already checked signatures (using a … Continue reading
On September 19, proceedings began in the criminal trial of John Haggerty, who is accused of taking over $1,000,000 in funds from the New York Independence Party and not carrying out the political work that he had contracted to do. … Continue reading
Fox network and Google, co-sponsors of the September 22 Republican presidential debate, have invited Gary Johnson into that debate, according to this Politico story. The Florida Republican Party opposed the invitation and will not print his name on the party’s … Continue reading