Ballot Access News has just learned that the New Hampshire legislature made ballot access more restrictive this year. The legislature passed a bill that makes it illegal to circulate candidate petitions during an odd year. Thanks to Howard Wilson for … Continue reading
There will probably be a special U.S. House election on November 3, to fill the soon-to-be vacant 23rd district seat. The Weekly Standard speculates that if the Republican nominate a liberal Republican, the Conservative Party is likely to nominate Doug … Continue reading
The big election law news in this coming week will be about the unusual September 9 oral argument in Citizens United v Federal Election Commission. The Court doesn’t normally hold oral arguments during September. SCOTUSBLOG has a neutral post, by … Continue reading
U.S. District Court Judge John Coughenour has set a status conference in Washington State Republican Party v Washington state for October 6 at 9 a.m. This will enable the opposing sides in the lawsuit to establish the ground rules for … Continue reading
California voters will vote on the “top-two” system in June 2010. Recent press reports say that two former Speakers of the California Assembly, Willie Brown and Robert Hertzberg, support the idea. Also, California Forward, a prestigious organization formed last year, … Continue reading
