In Illinois, it is common for many small cities to have partisan elections, which are contested only by local political parties. Lyons, Illinois, in Cook County, has partisan elections for its own officers in odd year. At the April 2011 … Continue reading
On July 1, Louisiana Goveror Bobby Jindal vetoed HB 533, an omnibus election law bill, entirely because one small part of the bill lets independent candidates have “independent” as their ballot label. See this story, which contains the Governor’s veto … Continue reading
Ballot Access News June 1, 2011 – Volume 27, Number 1 This issue was originally printed on white paper. Table of Contents EARLY DEADLINE BILLS ALSO ADVANCE IN OTHER STATES BILLS TO EXPAND WRITE-IN VOTING LAWSUIT NEWS MINOR PARTY WINS … Continue reading
The Populist Party ran candidates in the United States from 1984 through 1994, on a platform that suggested that whites are discriminated against by many government policies. The presidential nominees of the Populist Party were Bob Richards in 1984, David … Continue reading
On July 1, Timothy Quinn, an independent candidate for Mayor of Elyria, Ohio, this year, asked the Ohio Supreme Court to put him on the ballot. The county Board of Elections kept him off because he voted in this year’s … Continue reading
