Gloria La Riva, presidential candidate of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, is on the ballot this year in states that cast 26.8% of the national popular vote for president in 2004. The party is new, and had never run … Continue reading
Tennessee State Senator Rosalind Kurita, running for re-election from the 22nd district, won her Democratic primary in August by only 19 votes. But on September 13, the state Democratic Party state executive committee tentatively ruled that she is not the … Continue reading
On July 7, the Arizona Supreme Court had put a candidate on the Democratic primary ballot, even though many of his petition signers wrote down a Post Office box on the petition, instead of a residence address. The Court said … Continue reading
The New York Independence Party formally nominated the McCain-Palin ticket in Albany on September 21. Approximately 40 state committeemembers attended. Proxy voting dominates such meetings. McCain received 88% of the weighted vote, and the other 12% abstained. The entire meeting, … Continue reading
On September 17, the California legislature sent SB 1322 to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. He must sign it or veto it, or let it become law without his signature, by September 30. Although it is not an election law bill, it … Continue reading
