On December 12, U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Ca) and U.S. House members Robert Wexler (D-Fl) and Rush Holt (D-NJ) said they will try to pass a bill in 2007, outlawing vote-counting machines that don’t create a paper trail. Senator Feinstein … Continue reading
Oregon State Senator Ben Westlund announced on December 12 that he has registered as a Democrat. He had been re-elected in 2004 as a Republican, but he had become an independent in 2005 and had qualified as an independent candidate … Continue reading
Randy Stufflebeam, Constitution Party nominee for Illinois Governor, received 19,020 write-ins on November 7. This is the highest number of write-ins ever received by any minor party or independent candidate for any office in Illinois history. The previous Illinois record … Continue reading
The lawsuit Swanson v Bennett, which challenges Alabama ballot access laws, had been tentatively set for a hearing in the 11th circuit in January 2007. However, it has been postponed, and will be heard in February or possibly even a … Continue reading
Ballot Access News has just learned that Barbara Fleischauer was elected to the West Virginia legislature last month. She served in the legislature in the past, but had been defeated for re-election in 2004. She is a Democrat who believes … Continue reading
