On May 22, the U.S. Senate Rules Committee approved three new Federal Election Commissioners. That Committee had a few weeks ago approved another new FEC member. The existing FEC is supposed to have 6 commissioners, but only has one. Assuming … Continue reading
Brook Thompson, Tennessee Coordinator of Elections for many years, has changed his interpretation of how an independent presidential candidate gets on the ballot. The old interpretation, in effect for many years, required 25 voters to sign eleven different petitions, each … Continue reading
The U.S. Senate Rules Committee was going to meet on May 21 and vote on whether to approve three new Federal Election Commissioners. However, the Committee couldn’t get a quorum. The Committee will try again on May 22. It will … Continue reading
On May 20, South Dakota state officials conceded that they cannot force exit pollsters to remain at least 100 feet away from polling places. The TV networks had sued South Dakota on May 12, to overturn the Secretary of State’s … Continue reading
See this description (courtesy of the American Spectator) of the 3-way Libertarian presidential debate held in Reason Magazine’s headquarters on May 20. The room was packed to capacity. Here is an edited version of the debate from Reason TV. … Continue reading
