On December 16, the Michigan legislature passed SB 13, which eliminates the straight-ticket device. See this story. The Michigan legislature also repealed the device in late 2001, but then the Democratic Party put a referendum on the ballot, and in … Continue reading
Fourteen Republican presidential candidates, and three Democratic presidential candidates, will appear on the Tennessee major party presidential primary ballots. See the list here. The most crowded past Republican presidential primary ballot had ten names on it. Tennessee presidential candidates are … Continue reading
December 16 was the deadline for candidates running for the vacant U.S. House seat in Ohio’s 8th districts. Twenty candidates filed. See the list here. James J. Condit, Jr., who was the Constitution Party’s nominee for that seat in 2014, … Continue reading
On December 8, U.S. District Court Judge William K. Sessions cleared the way for the Vermont Progressive Party and some of its candidates to proceed in a campaign finance case. Corren v Sorrell, 2:15cv-58. Dean Corren had been the party’s … Continue reading
On December 16, filing for the Ohio 2016 primary closed. Here is a list of the candidates who filed for statewide office. Ohio has three ballot-qualified parties: Republican, Democratic, and Green. No one filed in the Green Party presidential primary, … Continue reading
