This year, the Socialist Party used an almost-forgotten method for getting its presidential candidate on the Iowa ballot. Iowa gives statewide minor party and independent candidates a choice of either submitting 1,500 signatures, or attracting 250 voters to a meeting. … Continue reading
On August 15, Jim Fitzgerald was told that he has enough valid signatures to be on the ballot for California State Senate district 15. He needed 13,533 signatures. He is the first independent to qualify for the California State Senate … Continue reading
U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter has asked attorneys for Herb Hoffman whether Hoffman merely needs a stay of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court opinion, or whether he needs an injunction from the U.S. Supreme Court putting Hoffman on the … Continue reading
On Friday, August 15, the Bob Barr campaign attempted to have the Secretary of State authorize local clerks accept late filings of signatures. Don Cookson of the Secretary of State’s office indicated that there is no provision to authorize such … Continue reading
On August 15, a U.S. District Court in Ohio conducted a hearing by telephone in the Socialist Party’s ballot access case. The case is called Moore v Brunner. The first half of this case, back in June, had resulted in … Continue reading
