Bob Bauer, an expert on campaign finance laws and a critic of those laws, has written this in his blog More Soft Money Hard Law. It deals with the interplay between Stephen Colbert’s candidacy in the South Carolina major party … Continue reading
The Republican Party of Florida sponsored a presidential debate on Fox News on October 21. Alan Keyes was not permitted to participate. The party said no one could debate who did not register at 1% in recent polls. … Continue reading
Since 1991, West Virginia has had a law that says candidates (other than independent candidates) must be registered members of the party that nominates them. No one had ever thought this law applies to presidential candidates. But on October 18, … Continue reading
Stephen Colbert is not assured of a place on either the South Carolina Republican primary ballot, or the South Carolina Democratic primary ballot. See here for an article that gives the details. Thanks to Michael Ravnitzky for this news. … Continue reading
On October 19, California’s Secretary of State released a new registration tally, as of September 4, 2007. This is the first California tally since the February 10, 2007 tally. The new figures show very little change. The first percentage below … Continue reading
