In Pennsylvania, candidates seeking a place on a partisan primary ballot must submit petitions. The Pennsylvania primary this year is May 18. In Pennsylvania, elections officials assume that all petitions that contain, on their face, at least many signatures as … Continue reading
The March 31 issue of the Cleveland Plain Dealer has this editorial, criticizing Ohio Secretary of State’s recent directive that changes the rules on which party’s primary ballot a voter may select in the May 2010 primary. As the editorial … Continue reading
Raw Story published this article on March 30. It alleges that Caroline Hunter, who is a Federal Election Commissioner in her first term, acted unethically in 2004 by providing misleading testimony to a federal court in New Jersey. In 1987 … Continue reading
According to this story in the Hartford Courant, Connecticut Secretary of State Sysan Bysiewicz, a Democrat, will have her deposition taken on March 30, for the lawsuit over whether she is qualified to be Attorney General (the office she is … Continue reading
On March 29, the Hawaii Senate passed HB 2397 on second reading. The bill will get a third reading vote on March 31. Assuming it passes that as well, it must return to the House, because the Senate had amended … Continue reading
