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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
Richard Winger
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
On December 6, a U.S. District Court in Maryland upheld the constitutionality of ballots in which candidates are listed by alphabetical order. The case is Schaefer v Lamone, L-06-0896. The plaintiff, Michael Schaefer, hasn’t decided whether or not to appeal … Continue reading
Venezuela held a presidential election last weekend. Although there were approximately 12 parties on the ballot in that election, almost all of them nominated either the incumbent (President Chavez) or his leading opponent. Venezuelan election law permits fusion, so Venezuelan … Continue reading
New Hampshire is one of the few states that permits write-ins, yet has no law asking write-in candidates who want their write-ins tallied to file a declaration of write-in candidacy, before the election. In states like this, one never knows … Continue reading