On August 11, Christopher Miller endorsed Pat LaMarche for Governor of Maine. Miller challenged incumbent Maine Governor John Baldacci, a Democrat, in the June 2006 Democratic primary, and polled 25% of the vote. He campaigned on a platform of ending … Continue reading
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On August 24, the Oregon Attorney General ruled that Constitution Party gubernatorial candidate Mary Starrett should remain on the ballot. A Republican had challenged her ballot status, saying that party officials had failed to run an advance legal notice in … Continue reading
At the recent Oklahoma primary, former Oklahoma State Representative Charles Key won the Republican nomination in the 90th House district. When Key was in the legislature in the past, he sponsored bills to improve the ballot access laws. Since he … Continue reading
On August 24, a Commonwealth Court judge in Pennsylvania ruled that the legal required number of signatures this year for statewide minor party and independent candidates is 67,070 signatures, not 15,494. In re Nomination Paper of Romanelli, 426 M.D. 2006. … Continue reading
On August 24, www.dailykos.com said, “We live in a two-party system. People don’t want to vote for Republicans. The generic congressional ballot makes clear people want the alternative, the only alternative–Democrats.” “Two-party system” was coined in 1911 to describe the … Continue reading