California registration for October 23 shows 15,837,108 registered voters, which means that an independent candidate for statewide office in 2008 will need 158,372 signatures. This is a decline from the 2006 requirement of 165,573. The California independent requirement is nevertheless … Continue reading
On November 5, the chair of the Republican Party of Illinois, Andy McKenna, called a press conference to denounce the Green Party’s candidate for Governor, Richard Whitney. Whitney was a member of the Socialist Labor Party from the late 1970’s … Continue reading
Polls released on November 5 include: Maine (Survey USA): Democrat John Baldacci 36%, Republican Chandler Woodcock 30%, independent state legislator Barbara Merrill 21%, Green Pat LaMarche 11%, other and undecided 2%. If LaMarche does get 11%, she will represent a … Continue reading
On November, the local edition of the New York Times (not the national edition) editorialized against fusion. … Continue reading
In most states, minor parties running for statewide office in 2006 need to poll a certain share of the vote in order to qualify automatically in 2008. Often it is easy to predict if a party will poll enough votes … Continue reading
