The State Journal-Register, daily newspaper for Springfield, in this editorial criticizes the Illinois election law that forces independent candidates for U.S. House to submit a petition of 5% of the last vote cast. That makes three major newspapers in the … Continue reading
Richard Winger
On September 20, the General Services Administration denied Gary Johnson’s request a for national security briefing. It says his poll numbers aren’t high enough. Johnson had requested the brief on September 12.
On March 23, 2016, the Maine legislature passed LD 1484. Among other election law changes, it made the deadline for filing as a declared write-in earlier, from 45 days before the election, to 60 days before the election. The law … Continue reading
The Washington Post has this article about the primary season matching funds that Jill Stein has received this year. She has received $456,035. The article does not mention that no taxpayer is forced to pay into the public funding program. … Continue reading
U.S. District Court Judge Robert Chambers will hear Daly v Tennant on September 22, Thursday, at 1 p.m., in the federal courthouse in Huntington, West Virginia. The issue is whether it violates the U.S. Constitution for West Virginia to certify … Continue reading