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Ann Arbor, Michigan, requires candidates for city council to have lived in their ward for at least one year before running, and also to have been a registered voter in the ward for at least a year. On May 20, … Continue reading
Richard Winger
The Times-Tribune of Scranton, Pennsylvania, here editorializes in favor of easing ballot access for minor parties and independent candidates. … Continue reading
The Alaska Dispatch, an on-line newspaper in Anchorage, has this story about the contested Libertarian Party primary, and the contested Alaskan Independence Party primary, for U.S. Senate. The primary is August 19. The Libertarian Party primary for U.S. Senate is … Continue reading
Last month, the Fourth Circuit had said it will hear Greenville County Republican Party v Way in its mid-September sitting. But the attorneys for the government were not able to appear during that month, so the case has been removed … Continue reading
Late on July 10, a Florida state court invalidated the 2011 U.S. House redistricting plan. See this story. The basis for the decision is the Florida Constitution, which tells the legislature to draw the lines in a way that does … Continue reading