According to Mark Seidenberg, the American Independent Party, a ballot-qualified party in California, will hold its presidential nominating convention in Sacramento on August 11, 2012, instead of the previously announced date of June 8. Between 1992 and 2007, the American … Continue reading
On May 16, U.S. District Court Judge Louise W. Flanagan struck down North Carolina’s provision for extra public funding for judicial candidates who have privately-funded opponents who raise a great deal of campaign contributions, or who are the beneficiaries of … Continue reading
On May 21, a lower state court in South Carolina removed three more Democrats from the June 12 primary ballot, because they did not file their Statement of Economic Activity in March. They join approximately 180 other major party members … Continue reading
According to this story, an incumbent Florida judge filed for re-election and erroneously made out her filing fee check for $9 too little. The fee is $5,687.12 but she absent-mindedly wrote her check for $5,678.12. No one else filed, so … Continue reading
On May 14, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed HB 2826, which requires all localities in Arizona to only hold elections in even-numbered years, and only on the date of either the state primary or the state general election. One of … Continue reading
