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Any party that is not now on the Texas ballot, and wishes to be on the ballot in 2008, must tell the Texas Secretary of State no later than January 2, 2008. That deadline is only two weeks away, and … Continue reading
Richard Winger
One of Ralph Nader’s two lawsuits against the Democratic National Committee has been transferred from District of Columbia Superior Court, to U.S. District Court in D.C. The D.C. Superior Court is somewhat analogous to a lower state court, if D.C. … Continue reading
Three constitutional ballot access lawsuits filed by Ralph Nader in 2004 are still pending, in addition to his lawsuit against the Democratic National Committee for conspiring to keep him off as many ballots in 2004 as possible. Nader’s Hawaii case … Continue reading
According to this story in The Connection, Hillary Clinton’s campaign paid professional signature gatherers $2.10 per signature, in order to collect enough signatures to get on the Virginia presidential primary ballot. Virginia’s presidential primary ballot access law is easily the … Continue reading
New York upstate counties are governed by a partisan county legislature and a partisan county executive. In October 2007, one Orange County legislator, Michael Amo, switched his party registration from “Republican” to “Independence”. The results of the November 2007 election … Continue reading