On June 6, the Republican and Democratic Parties filed their opening briefs in Washington State Republican Party v State, 11-35125. This is the same lawsuit that was originally filed in 2005, against the Washington state top-two system. The major party … Continue reading
On June 1, a U.S. District Court in Pennsylvania issued an opinion in Romanelli v DeWeese, middle district, 3:10-cv-1434. The plaintiff, Carl Romanelli, had sued various Democratic state legislators and legislative staff for using state resources to challenge the 2006 … Continue reading
Mark C. Miller, the Green Party nominee in 2010 in the Massachusetts State House race (Berkshire 3rd district) who received 45.02% of the total vote, will run for that same seat in a special election later this year. See this … Continue reading
According to this story, on June 9, the Chinese government ruled that independent candidates are not allowed in elections for county and township office. The article is not too clear, but it seems that “independent candidate” in China means someone … Continue reading
New Jersey elects state officers in odd years. On June 7, the deadline for independent candidates to file in the 2011 New Jersey elections, Atlantic City Mayor Lorenzo Langford, a registered Democrat, filed to run as an independent candidate for … Continue reading
