On November 19, Citizens Action filed a lawsuit in the West Virginia Supreme Court, hoping to get a ruling that the state must hold a special gubernatorial election in the first half of 2011. Joe Manchin resigned from being Governor … Continue reading
Rich Whitney, Green Party candidate for Governor of Illinois in this month’s election, filed a federal lawsuit against a public television station before the election, over the station’s sponsorship of a debate that did not include him. Whitney will pursue … Continue reading
Alaska registration forms list not only the qualified parties, but also parties that have filed a request to be listed on the form so that they may possibly get enough registered members to become ballot-qualified. The Constitution Party recently filed … Continue reading
Texas legislators are already introducing bills for the 2011 session. State Senator Jeff Wentworth (R-San Antonio) has introduced SB 139, to abolish the straight-ticket device.
The Hartford Courant has this story about Connecticut’s decentralized election system, in which the Secretary of State has no power over the administration of federal and state elections, relative to the town clerks. As the story says, this is the … Continue reading
