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The August 17 issue of City Limits, a weekly in New York City, has this summary of candidates eliminated from this year’s municipal primary ballots because of challenges brought by their opponents. … Continue reading
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On August 18, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court again upheld the unique Pennsylvania practice of charging candidates for the costs of removing them from the ballot. UPDATE: see this news story in the Wilkes-Barre newspaper. The Court issued a one-sentence order … Continue reading
On August 17, Faye Coffield filed her first brief in the 11th circuit, in Coffield v Handel, 09-13277, the case challenging the 5% (of the number of registered voters) petition requirement for minor party and independent candidates for U.S. House. … Continue reading
On July 30, a lawsuit was filed in Florida state court to test the idea of having three petitions signed simultaneously with the use of colored-code carbon-paper petition forms. A group sponsoring six city initiatives in Daytona Beach circulated its … Continue reading
According to this story in the New York Daily News, the New York City Board of Elections has printed absentee ballots in City Councilman Alan Gerson’s race that do not include Gerson’s name. This, despite the fact that last week … Continue reading