On June 28, a Superior Court in Yavapai County, Arizona, ruled that Prescott Mayor Marlin Kuykendall should remain on the ballot in the August 2011 election. Kuykendall is running for re-election. See this story. His ballot position had been challenged … Continue reading
On the evening of June 27, Norman Ornstein, co-director of AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project, debated Fred Smith, President of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, on the subject of whether the United States should make voting compulsory. See this story. The debate … Continue reading
The Washington Times has this interesting story about independent candidates in China, and ballot access. China does have some elections for local office but generally tries to keep all candidates off the ballot except those approved by the Communist Party. … Continue reading
On June 23, the Ninth Circuit determined that the lawsuit Washington State Republican Party v Washington State Grange will be heard by Judges Raymond C. Fisher, Dorothy Nelson, and Pamela Ann Rymer. Normally no U.S. Court of Appeals identifies which … Continue reading
On June 28, Americans Elect’s web page posted a new national signature count for its ballot access petitions. The new figure is 1,348,312. The last posting, five days ago, had been 1,262,665. As before, the vast majority of these signatures … Continue reading
