On August 19, the Independent Voters Network and California Forward held an all-day meeting in Sacramento on the top-two system. The meeting opened with a short address by California Secretary of State Alex Padilla. He gave a brief autobiography, and … Continue reading
Richard Winger
A 15-year-old Iowa resident filed with the FEC some time ago, saying he is running for President and that his name is Deez Nuts. He wrote Public Policy Polling to include him in some presidential polls, so PPP complied, and … Continue reading
Dr. David Gill, the Democratic nominee for U.S. House in Illinois’ 13th district in 2012, will run as an independent for the same seat in 2016. He is an emergency room physician. See this story. In 2012 he came within … Continue reading
On August 15, the South Dakota Constitution and Libertarian Parties filed this brief in the pending ballot access lawsuit in U.S. District Court. The purpose of this brief is to rebut the state’s last brief, which said the two parties … Continue reading
William Galvin has been Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts since 1994. During his earlier years in office, he permitted independent presidential candidates to list stand-ins for vice-president on their general election petitions, in instances when those presidential candidates hadn’t … Continue reading