On February 15, the Minnesota Senate passed SF 2251, which moves the primary from September 14 to August 10. If the bill is signed into law it will take effect this year. It also indirectly moves the deadline for non-presidential … Continue reading
Professor Michael Malbin, Executive Director of the Campaign Finance lnstitute, has renewed the Institute’s advocacy of freeing up parties’ ability to decide how to spend their funds . See here. Current federal campaign law lets political parties spend as much … Continue reading
Steve Rankin’s blog Free Citizen has this interesting description of the evidence submitted by the Idaho Republican Party, in the party’s lawsuit to obtain a semi-closed primary for itself. Currently, Idaho has open primaries, which means that any voter is … Continue reading
Louisiana elects its state officers in the odd years before presidential elections. However, in the fall of 2010, Louisiana will hold a special election to fill the vacancy in the Lieutenant Governorship. The office is vacant because the recent past … Continue reading
The 11th circuit will hold a hearing in Coffield v Handel on Thursday, March 4. The issue is the Georgia ballot access procedure for independent and minor party candidates for U.S. House. Georgia requires a petition signed by 5% of … Continue reading
