On March 21, a Nebraska state court heard arguments in a lawsuit filed by the Republican Party, arguing that Bob Kerrey should not have his name on the Democratic primary ballot for U.S. Senate this year. See this story. The … Continue reading
Montana’s primary in 2012 is on June 5. Parties entitled to nominate by primary are the Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, and Americans Elect Parties. When filing closed for this year’s primary, two Libertarians had filed to run for U.S. Senate in … Continue reading
On March 19, the U.S. Supreme Court received a cert petition in Ognibene v Parkes, 11-1153, a case involving New York city’s public funding program for candidates for city office. The Court has not yet assigned a case number. The … Continue reading
Here is a link to the CNN site for Illinois’ Republican presidential primary. The turnout is rather low. In the Illinois 2008 presidential primaries, there were 899,422 votes cast for Republican presidential candidates; 2,038,614 for Democratic presidential candidates; and 2,672 … Continue reading
On March 19, the 3-judge U.S. District Court in Favors v Cuomo released a 43-page opinion, setting out the boundaries for U.S. House districts in New York. The court acted because it was persuaded that the legislature would not act … Continue reading
