Iowa is the only state in the union in which people register into parties on voter registration forms, yet people can’t register into any party other than Democratic and Republican. Last year, the Libertarian and Green Parties filed a federal … Continue reading
The Idaho Statesman, the state’s largest newspaper, has scrapped its old policy of only covering Democratic and Republican candidates (for office other than president) in advance of the Idaho primary. This year’s primary is on May 23. The paper is … Continue reading
On May 11, independent gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman turned in 169,574 signatures to the Texas Secretary of State. It is somewhat amusing to see that the Texas Secretary of State has been fighting all attempts to force him to use … Continue reading
On May 11, Congressman Thomas Davis (R-Virginia) and Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC’s Democratic Delegate to the US House) held a press conference to announce their co-sponsorship of a new bill. The bill, which doesn’t have a number yet, would give … Continue reading
On May 10, a U.S. District Court Judge in Greenville, Mississippi, denied injunctive relief to the Mississippi Democratic Party. The party had filed a lawsuit in February 2006, hoping to win a ruling that it could exclude non-members of the … Continue reading
