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Venezuela’s constituent assembly has unanimously passed a new ballot access restriction that makes it very difficult for anyone to run against the incumbent president in the next election. See this New York Times story. … Continue reading
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On December 21, the Institute for Governmental Studies, based at U.C. Berkeley, published its own poll of the 2018 California gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races. See here. Like another recent poll by Public Policy Institute of California, it predicts that … Continue reading
On December 20, U.S. District Court Judge Lee Yeakel, a Bush Jr. appointee, denied injunctive relief to the Texas Democratic Party, in Texas Democratic Party v Republican Party. The Democrats were trying to force the state to print Congressmember Blake … Continue reading
On December 20, the Texas Democratic Party filed a federal lawsuit, arguing that the Secretary of State’s willingness to let the Republican Party drop Congressman Blake Farenthold from the primary ballot is unlawful. Texas Democratic Party v Republican Party of … Continue reading
On December 20, Richard “Oz” Griebel announced that he will be an independent candidate for Governor of Connecticut in 2018. See this story. It is conceivable he could become the nominee of the ballot-qualified Independent Party, but the story does … Continue reading