See http://thirdpartywatch.com for a good summary of how various minor party candidates did in the November 6, 2007 election. In Kentucky, Republican Secretary of State Trey Grayson was re-elected. Grayson wants to eliminate the straight-ticket device, while Grayson’s Democratic opponent … Continue reading
Massachusetts HB 678, the National Popular Vote Plan, cleared all House Committee hurdles on October 24, and will probably receive a vote on the House floor in the next ten days.
The Illinois presidential primary is on February 5. November 5 is the petition deadline for candidates running in the Democratic presidential primary, and it is also the deadline for candidates running in the Green presidential primary. The Republican presidential primary … Continue reading
On Sunday, November 4, Rhode Island Governor Donald Carcieri, a Republican, vetoed SB 1152. That bill moved the presidential primary from March to February. The Governor said he vetoed it because elections administrators had said changing the date of the … Continue reading
The Republican-backed initiative to provide that each California US House district would elect its own presidential elector, if passed in June 2008, would make it somewhat more complicated for an independent presidential candidate to get on the California ballot in … Continue reading
