The December 17 issue of The Republican, the daily newspaper of Springfield, Massachusetts, has this editorial, opposing any 3-candidate debates in the upcoming special election for U.S. Senate. The independent candidate, Joseph L. Kennedy, should be excluded, the paper argues, … Continue reading
On December 16, the last brief was filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in Doe v Reed, 09-559, the case over whether governments should release the names and addresses of people who sign petitions. The Court will consider whether the … Continue reading
On December 16, U.S. District Court Judge Joseph F. Bianco, a Bush, Jr., appointee, issued an opinion in MacKay v Crews, eastern district, 09-cv-2218. He ruled that the 2008 national convention of the Reform Party in Texas was a valid … Continue reading
According to this story, Hawaii elections officials are thinking about holding an all-mail ballot election to fill the expected future vacancy in the U.S. House, district 1. Congressman Neil Abercrombie has said he will resign soon so that he can … Continue reading
On December 16, the ACLU Voting Rights office filed a lawsuit in federal court against three Nebraska ballot access restrictions: (1) a law passed in 2007 that requires statewide independent candidate petitions (for office other than president) to include at … Continue reading
