Maine has used public funding for state campaigns for ten years. This year, a Republican state legislator who never applies for public funding filed a lawsuit against the part of the system that gives extra public funding to candidates who … Continue reading
On October 18, write-in candidate Kathleen Curry, an incumbent state legislator running for re-election, filed a lawsuit in state court over the validity of certain write-in votes. The Secretary of State of Colorado has ruled that if a voter casts … Continue reading
The Commission on Presidential Debates has a procedure whereby institutions and organizations that wish to be the site of a general election presidential debate in 2012 must apply to the Commission. The guidelines will be available starting January 3, 2011. … Continue reading
On October 20, the Florida Secretary of State asked the Republican Party to choose a new nominee for the State Senate, 12th district. See this story. Jim Norman’s name will be on the ballot as the Republican nominee, and no … Continue reading
See here for a link to the October 19 Texas gubernatorial debate. The entire hour-long debate is there, in twelve separate segments. The participants were Bill White, the Democrat; Kathie Glass, the Libertarian; and Deb Shafto, the Green Party nominee. … Continue reading
