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The Reform Party has qualified for the Nevada ballot in one U.S. House race this year. Bruce Westcott is running in the 1st district in Las Vegas. This is the only successful Reform Party petition this year so far, for … Continue reading
Richard Winger
Carole Strayhorn is currently suing Texas over a regulation that won’t permit multiple turn-ins of signatures. Although she turned in 223,000 signatures on May 9, she turned in another 6,000 on May 11, the deadline. The state accepted the 2nd … Continue reading
On May 12, the Missouri legislature adjourned, without passing SB 726, the bill which gives more flexibility to newly-qualifying parties to decide whom to run for president. However, the legislature passed SB 1014, which eliminates the straight-ticket voting device. Generally, … Continue reading
On May 12, State Senator James Meeks of Illinois announced that he will unveil a slate of statewide candidates (presumably, under the party label “Honesty and Integrity”) on May 20. He didn’t say if he will be the gubernatorial candidate … Continue reading
It had been looking as though Alabama was going to be the only state with a statewide ballot access monopoly for Democrats and Republicans in November 2006. It had seemed as though every other state with a statewide partisan race … Continue reading