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
On Monday, February 15, U.S. Senator Evan Bayh surprised his home state of Indiana by announcing he will not run for re-election this year. The Indiana primaries are on May 4. Indiana requires petitions for primary candidates for a few … Continue reading
