The incumbent Coroner of Lake County, Illinois, hopes to be re-elected this year. The race is partisan. He initially circulated petitions to run in the Democratic primary, but withdrew from that race. Now Democrats in the county have challenged his … Continue reading
Richard Winger
On July 7, Better for America issued a press release saying it has enough valid signatures in New Mexico. However, the press release turned out to be inaccurate. This post has been re-written. The original post said the Secretary of … Continue reading
On July 7, a U.S. District Court heard arguments in Correll v Herring, e.d., Virginia, 3:16cv-467. This newspaper story describes the hearing, although it does not say anything about which way Judge Robert Payne appeared to be leaning. The article … Continue reading
Pennsylvania State Senator Mike Folmer has been introducing ballot access reform in each of the last four sessions of the legislature. His commentary on the recent change in Pennsylvania ballot access is carried here, in a guest column in the … Continue reading
Recently, there have been stories in major media that there is a conceivable path toward changing the rules of the Republican national convention, with an end toward nominating someone for President other than Donald Trump. Mark Whittington summarizes these reports … Continue reading