On April 5, a U.S. District Court upheld Pennsylvania’s ballot access laws, against a challenge brought by the Green and Constitution Parties. The parties are appealing. The decision is very lengthy. A posting will follow when the decision has been … Continue reading
On April 5, the Louisiana State Senate approved Senator Cleo Fields’ bill to provide for closed primaries, for congressional elections. Parties would decide for themselves whether to let independents vote in their primaries. … Continue reading
The South Dakota Constitution Party is ballot-qualified, but it still faced a tough ballot access hurdle this month, to qualify its candidate for Governor for its own primary ballot. He needed 250 signatures of registered Constitution Party members, not easy … Continue reading
A poll conducted by Chicago’s Glengariff Group shows that the Republicans are slightly leading in the Illinois gubernatorial race, regardless of whether African-American State Senator James Meeks enters the race. The poll included 600 voters and was not commissioned by … Continue reading
On the evening of April 3, Tom DeLay let it become known that he will resign from Congress. He had already won the March 2006 primary for the 22nd U.S. House seat. Although Texas permits candidates to withdraw, it does … Continue reading
