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
The District of Columbia Superior Court will hold a hearing in Libertarian Party v D.C. Board of Elections on November 6, 2009, before Judge Maurice Ross. The issue is the Board’s refusal to tally write-in votes for declared write-in presidential … Continue reading
On August 17, the New Jersey Sierra Club announced that it is endorsing Chris Daggett for Governor, in the November 2009 election. Daggett is an independent candidate who was formerly head of New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection. The Sierra … Continue reading
