On July 1, U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-California) and Robert Bennett (R-Utah) introduced S. 3212, to mandate an audit trail for vote-counting machines in federal elections. See this press release. Thanks to Rick Hasen. Senator Feinstein already had a bill … Continue reading
On June 30, Indiana Republican State Senator John Waterman turned in signatures to be the Taxpayer Party candidate for Governor. The party has no other nominees (except for Lieutenant Governor). No one knows how many signatures he turned in, since … Continue reading
The North Carolina Libertarian Party, which nominates by convention this year, has completed the process and forwarded its list of candidates to the State Board of Elections. The party nominated candidates for U.S. House in five of the state’s thirteen … Continue reading
On June 30, the chair of the Maine Democratic Party filed a lawsuit in state court, to remove the only independent candidate for U.S. Senate from the November ballot. The case is Knutson v Department of the Secretary of State, … Continue reading
Two petitioning candidates for the U.S. House in Illinois will probably file a federal lawsuit soon. It will allege that because Illinois only requires 5,000 signatures (exactly) in years after redistricting, therefore there is no state interest in requiring between … Continue reading
