June 21 was the deadline for minor parties and independent candidates to file petitions to be on the Illinois ballot. Five unqualified parties submitted statewide candidate petitions: Independent Conservative, Libertarian, Reform, Constitution, and Practical. All Illinois petitions are deemed valid … Continue reading
Fortysix of the fifty states have partisan statewide offices up in 2010. The only states that have no statewide offices up are Mississippi, New Jersey, Virginia, and West Virginia. Of the 46 states that have statewide races, it appears likely … Continue reading
A U.S. District Court in Idaho will hold a trial, starting October 12, 2010, in Idaho Republican Party v Ysursa, 08-cv-165. This is the case in which the Republican Party is asserting that the party only wants people who … Continue reading
Forrest Claypool, independent candidate for Cook County, Illinois, Assessor, says he is submitting 90,000 signatures to be on the ballot. The deadline is June 21, Monday. He needs 25,000 valid signatures.
On June 21, the U.S. Supreme Court issued four opinions, but it didn’t release its election law case, Doe v Reed. Nor did it release its pending freedom of association case, Christian Legal Society v Martinez. The next opinion day … Continue reading
