On August 31, Free & Equal posted a specific condemnation of how New York state petition challenge procedures are keeping an unusually large number of Libertarian, Green, and independent candidates off the ballot in city and county elections this year. … Continue reading
On September 1, the Northern Mariana Islands Election Commission voted to change the ballot format in future elections (including this year’s gubernatorial election) from a party column format, to an office-group format. See this story. The party column format promulgated … Continue reading
The August 31 issue of Targum, daily newspaper of Rutgers University in New Jersey, has this interview with Chris Daggett, the independent gubernatorial candidate who has received public funding and an invitation into this year’s gubernatorial debates. … Continue reading
On August 31, the office of Washington’s Secretary of State said that Referendum-71 had at least 1,000 more valid signatures than were needed. UPDATE: the state court weighing the challenge to this petition will issue its ruling on Wednesday morning, … Continue reading
According to this story, the 3-candidate gubernatorial debates in New Jersey will occur on the original schedule. The first one will be attended by all three candidates, and will be October 1. … Continue reading
