New York will not hold a special election to fill the vacant U.S. House seat, 29th district, according to this story. The incumbent resigned from Congress on March 8, 2010. The state says it doesn’t want to spend $750,000, which … Continue reading
A Superior court in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, will hear oral arguments in Brody v North Carolina Board of Elections on May 20. This is the case in which an independent candidate for the legislature argues that he should not … Continue reading
South Dakota requires all qualified parties to nominate by primary for most partisan offices. The Constitution Party is the only ballot-qualified party other than the two major parties. This year, the Constitution Party attempted to place Peter Boeve on its … Continue reading
On April 2, the San Jose Mercury News endorsed California’s Proposition 15, which provides a pilot project for public funding of candidates. It only applies to the Secretary of State’s races in 2014 and 2018. Here is the endorsement. … Continue reading
East County Magazine has published this Op-Ed about California’s Proposition 14, the top-two ballot measure. The op-ed is by Ann Menasche, the Green Party candidate for Secretary of State of California. East County Magazine is the most widely-read news source … Continue reading
