On December 21, Orvis Campbell, the sheriff of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, said he has switched from being a Democrat to an independent. He will run for re-election as an independent. Ohio, like most states, has partisan elections for county executive … Continue reading
The Twentieth Amendment, passed in 1933 to change the inauguration date for presidents from March to January, seems to say that both voters and presidential electors are permitted to vote for individuals who don’t meet the constitutional qualifications. It says, … Continue reading
Ruth Marcus, deputy editorial page editor for the Washington Post, writes here that the 14th amendment, section 3, should not be used “to prevent Americans from voting to elect the candidate of their choice.” She hopes the U.S. Supreme Court … Continue reading
Both the Libertarian Party and the Green Party are circulating independent presidential petitions in Ohio. Because neither party has yet chosen national nominees, each is using stand-ins on the petitions. Ohio law explicitly allows stand-ins, who will resign from the … Continue reading
On December 20, California State Senator Dave Min (D-Irvine) said he will soon introduce a bill to enable the California Secretary of State to adjudicate whether presidential candidates are eligible, and if the Secretary of State determines the candidate is … Continue reading
