Hal Patton, Mayor of Edwardsville, Illinois, will appear on the November ballot as the nominee for State Senate, 56th district, of the Downstate United Party. He needed 5,201 signatures and he submitted 9,000. No one challenged his petition. He is … Continue reading
Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s choice for the U.S. Supreme Court, has had few voting rights cases. In Libertarian Party v District of Columbia Board of Elections, he voted to uphold the action of D.C. election officials who refused to … Continue reading
The Daily Bruin here editorializes that California’s top-two system is faulty and should be replaced. The Daily Bruin is the student newspaper at UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles). Thanks to Rob Richie for the link. … Continue reading
On July 9, a Montana state trial court removed the Green Party from the ballot, finding that it was 43 signatures short of the number needed. The state requires 5,000 valid signatures, and all sides agree that this requirement was … Continue reading
The New Jersey Globe, a web newsletter about New Jersey politics and government, here notes that registration into unqualified parties in New Jersey has doubled in the last 18 months, and is now over 40,000. The only reason unqualified parties … Continue reading
