Attorneys for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have filed this brief in the First Circuit, in Barr v Galvin. The issue is whether states must let unqualified parties use a stand-in presidential candidate on their ballot access petitions. In 2008 the … Continue reading
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger now acknowledges that Thursday’s Assembly vote on whether Abel Maldonado should be confirmed as Lieutenant Governor was, at best, too ambiguous for any action. He will re-submit Maldonado’s nomination, which gives the legislature another 90 days … Continue reading
On February 1, when Delaware’s HB 245 was signed into law, the Green, Constitution, Working Families, and Socialist Workers Parties ceased to be ballot-qualified in Delaware. The law went into effect immediately and set the number of registered voters at … Continue reading
According to this Arkansas politics blog, the Constitution Party is making plans to attempt to get itself on the ballot in 2010. The law requires 10,000 signatures, to be collected in any 3 months of the party’s choosing, but the … Continue reading
On February 11, the Florida Supreme Court issued its opinion in Sarasota Alliance for Fair Elections v Browning, SC07-2074. The Court said that if a single county in Florida wants to have a local law saying vote-counting machines must have … Continue reading
