The California Assembly went on a recess on July 19, and won’t return until August 20. Various election law bills that had already passed the Senate and all Assembly committees won’t get a vote in the full Assembly until August … Continue reading
Richard Winger
On July 19, a U.S. District Court denied injunctive relief to a New York voter who recently changed his registration from “independent” to being a member of the Independence Party. Van Allen v State Board of Elections, 1:07-cv-722, Albany. New … Continue reading
The Arkansas Green Party expects to begin its 2008 petition for ballot status on July 24. Currently, there are no qualified parties on the ballot in Arkansas except for the two major parties. Parties set their own petitioning period, but … Continue reading
Iowa newspapers on July 19 reported the news that Iowans will soon be able to register in certain political parties, other than the Democratic and Republican Parties. See here for one of these stories. As noted on this blog on … Continue reading
The 10th circuit has tentatively set October 1, 2007 as the hearing date in Libertarian Party of New Mexico v Vigil-Giron, 06-2303. This is the case challenging the state’s policy of one petition to qualify a new party (which then … Continue reading