Dan Quayle has this op-ed in the Sunday, April 4, Washington Post. Thanks to Nancy Hanks for the link. Quayle repeats the cliche that a minor party or independent candidate always injures the major party closest (ideologically) to that minor … Continue reading
On April 2, a state court in Arkansas heard the lawsuit Proctor v Daniels, over whether former state court judge Willard Proctor may be a write-in candidate for his old judicial post. See this story. See here for an earlier … Continue reading
Indiana Circuit Court Judges are elected on a partisan basis. Indiana holds its primary this year on May 4. Two candidates are on the Democratic ballot in Lake County for Circuit Court Judge. However, a lawsuit has been filed to … Continue reading
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Forrest Claypool will run for Assessor of Cook County, Illinois, as an independent candidate. He is a well-known reformer with substantial credentials. See this story. He will need 25,000 valid signatures between now and June … Continue reading
On March 31, U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence F. Stengel issued a 22-page opinion in Constitution Party of Pennsylvania v Cortes, 5:09-cv-1691, eastern district. The opinion says plaintiffs lack standing to challenge the Pennsylvania system of using courts to determine … Continue reading
