On August 20, a Commonwealth Court in Pennsylvania disqualified Wieslaw Niemoczynski from the November 3, 2009 ballot as an independent candidate for Monroe County Common Pleas Judge. However, the trial showed massive problems with the state’s list of registered voters, … Continue reading
On August 20, the Lincoln County, Montana County Commission voted to place a ballot measure on the November 3, 2009 ballot, asking voters if they wish to switch county elections from partisan elections to non-partisan elections. The vote was 2-1. … Continue reading
On August 20, U.S. District Court Judge John Coughenour ruled that the lawsuit Washington State Republican Party v State will go to trial. This is the lawsuit that was filed in 2005 against the “top-two” system passed by the Washington … Continue reading
New York state is currently without a Lieutenant Governor. The Governor elected in 2006, Eliot Spitzer, resigned on March 17, 2008, so the Lieutenant Governor, David Paterson, became Governor, and is Governor today. On July 8, 2009, Governor Paterson appointed … Continue reading
On August 19, an indictment was made public, charging former New Mexico Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron with fraud, money laundering, tax fraud, attempts to evade or defeat tax, making/permitting false public vouchers, soliciting/receiving an illegal kickback, offering/paying an illegal … Continue reading
