This lengthy Politico story by David Siders says California Democrats have high hopes of winning the 49th and 39th U.S. House districts this year, because Republican incumbents Darrell Issa and Ed Royce aren’t running for re-election, and because Hillary Clinton … Continue reading
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s campaign says 1,500,000 signatures have been gathered to put him on the ballot as an independent candidate. The petition drive started January 5, 2018, and needed 300,000 signatures. The election is March 18. See this story. … Continue reading
Two of New Hampshire’s Libertarian Party legislators have introduced HB 1239. It deletes the restriction that doesn’t permit anyone to sign a petition to put a party on the ballot, if that signer had already signed the same type of … Continue reading
Out of the 100 U.S. Senators, currently 14 were elected with a number of votes that was less than 50% of the total vote cast for Senate. Dr. Eric Ostermeier calculates this is the largest number of such Senators since … Continue reading
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear Minnesota Voters Alliance v Mansky, 16-1435, on February 28. This is the case in which the lower courts upheld Minnesota’s ban on political clothing at the polls. Eight organizations have submitted amicus briefs in … Continue reading
