Delaware chooses a new State Senator in the 19th district on Monday, August 3, to fill a vacancy. Four candidates are running, a Republican, a Democrat, a Libertarian, and an independent. All four participated in a debate on July 30. … Continue reading
The Moderate Party of Rhode Island will have collected 30,000 signatures on its petition to become a qualified party by Monday, August 3. The law requires 23,589 signatures, so the party believes that in four days, it will have enough … Continue reading
The U.S. House Committee on Administration held a hearing on HR 1826 on July 30. The bill would provide for public funding for candidates for Congress. This AP story mentions what some of the witnesses said, but has no information … Continue reading
On July 29, Texas U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison said she will resign from the Senate in October or November 2009, in order to prepare to run for Governor in 2010. She had last been elected to the Senate in … Continue reading
According to this story, over 100 people rallied in New York city to hear City Councilmember Bill De Blasio call for ballot access reform. Some of the quotations from the rally suggest that the speakers don’t know the history of … Continue reading
