On August 5-6, the Michigan Green Party, which is ballot-qualified, nominated its candidates. Doug Campbell was nominated for Governor, and David Sole for U.S. Senator. There are twelve U.S. Senate races this year that are considered somewhat competitive. Of those, … Continue reading
State Senator Ben Westlund is an independent candidate for Governor of Oregon. He needs 18,356 valid signatures, and has collected 45,000. Deschutes County has finished checking his petition, and reported 57% of his signatures are valid. If that rate holds … Continue reading
On August 5, Texas State Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. endorsed Carole Strayhorn for Governor of Texas. Strayhorn is one of the two independent candidates on the ballot for Governor. Lucio represents the Brownsville area and has been a Democratic State … Continue reading
Connecticut plans to replace its old-fashioned lever mechanical voting machines with optical-scan paper ballots, in time for the November 7, 2006 election. This is good news for minor party and independent candidates in Connecticut. The Connecticut lever machines uses the … Continue reading
On August 4, the 11th circuit agreed with a lower court, that if a city permits commercial billboards, it can’t prohibit billboards asking voters to vote for a candidate. KH Outdoor v Trussville, Alabama, 05-12598.
