Two petitions are circulating for statewide ballot status in Illinois, the Libertarian Party petition, and the independent Ralph Nader petition. The deadline is Monday, June 23. Each of the two petitions is likely to have 50,000 signatures, to meet a … Continue reading
U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), according to this news story, believes that his party should use “winner-take-all” presidential primaries in 2012. The article erroneously says that Republicans used that kind of primary this year. Actually, most Republican presidential primaries were … Continue reading
On June 7, Suzy Hamblen died. She was age 101, and was the widow of Prohibition Party presidential nominee Stuart Hamblen, who ran in 1952. See this story. Stuart Hamblen himself died in 1989. … Continue reading
Maryland held a special election to fill the vacant 4th district U.S. House seat, on June 17. The results: Democratic 79.6%; Republican 19.3%; Libertarian 1.1%. In November 2006, the vote in this district had been: Democratic 81.2%; Republican 18.8%. … Continue reading
The Oregon Green Party, which is called the Pacific Green Party, held a nominating convention on June 7, and will hold a second such convention on August 16. At the first convention, it nominated a candidate for four of Oregon’s … Continue reading
