On March 9, a Michigan State Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that the list of which voters chose a Democratic presidential primary ballot, or a Republican presidential primary ballot, in the January 2008 presidential primaries, is public information. Practical Political … Continue reading
Richard Winger
The Rio Grande Sun of Espanola, New Mexico, has this story about the reasons why the State Elections Director recently resigned his position, including the Director’s assertion that the Secretary of State pressured employees of the office to each obtain … Continue reading
Guilford County Commissioner Bruce Davis says he will attempt to qualify as an independent candidate for North Carolina State Senate. See this story. Guilford County is North Carolina’s third most populous county, and includes Greensboro. Davis needs a petition signed … Continue reading
Although California’s Proposition 14 increases the ballot qualification rules for parties to be ballot-qualified, no California newspaper story had yet mentioned that characteristic, until this San Francisco Chronicle story of March 10. It appears on page one. Proposition 62, the … Continue reading
The Los Angeles Times has this story, by its Sacramento correspondent George Skelton, that is a model of fairness and clarity compared to earlier stories and editorials today in the Sacramento Bee and the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat. However, even this … Continue reading