Ohio House Bill 638, which lets candidates who use the independent petition procedure choose a partisan label (which would then be printed on the November ballot next to the candidate’s name) could conceivably be enacted this month. The 2005-2006 session … Continue reading
The North Carolina Libertarian Party’s ballot access lawsuit is set for a trial on April 2, 2007, in state court in Raleigh. Earlier this year the State Board of Elections had tried to get the court to eliminate this trial, … Continue reading
Doug Bailey, one of the co-founders of Unity.08, has told the Daily Camera newspaper of Boulder, Colorado, that the group will nominate its presidential and vice-presidential candidates in June 2008. Bailey also said that the 2008 Democratic and Republican Party … Continue reading
On December 8, the 9th circuit struck down Nevada’s law, requiring an initiative petition to contain 10% of the last vote cast in each of 13 counties (Nevada has 17 counties). The case is ACLU v Lomax, no. 04-17033. The … Continue reading
On December 7, the Speaker of the Montana House of Representatives appointed Constitution Party member Rick Jore to be chair of the House Education Committee. Jore said he had not asked for the chairmanship and that he is surprised. Although … Continue reading
