The North Carolina Green Party has nominated its 2018 candidates, the first Greens in history who will ever have appeared on a North Carolina ballot for partisan office. The names will be released on Monday, July 2. The North Carolina … Continue reading
The Pennsylvania legislature has adjourned. See this story. Even though nine Pennsylvania ballot access laws have been declared unconstitutional over the last 34 years, the legislature has never amended any of them, and the 2018 session was no different than … Continue reading
Texas holds a special election on Saturday, June 30, to fill the vacant 27th district seat. Texas special elections do not have party nominees, and no petition is required. Candidates pay a filing fee to get on the ballot. The … Continue reading
Never before have more than two independents been elected to statewide office around the nation in any one election year. But in 2018, it is likely that three or four states will elect statewide independents, with a fifth state possible … Continue reading
No one filed a petition to be on the Illinois general election ballot for U.S. House, 3rd district, and the deadline has now passed. The Republican nominee in that district is Arthur Jones, an open neo-Nazi. See this story. The … Continue reading
