The bill moving through Congress to fund the military has an amendment that requires states to postally mail ballots to overseas absentee voters no later than 45 days before the general election. This New York Times story says that New … Continue reading
The Brennan Center for Justice, which was once a friend of voting rights for minor party and independent voters, did most of the legal work of defending the discriminatory Connecticut public funding law in court. On August 28, the Brennan … Continue reading
“My Left Nutmeg”, a blog for Connecticut “left” Democrats, has this lengthy criticism of yesterday’s decision in Green Party of Connecticut v Garfield. Connecticut state officials said on August 28 that they will ask the 2nd circuit to issue a … Continue reading
Brett McClafferty, a 21-year-old who wishes to run for Mayor of Streetsboro, Ohio, says he will sue to overturn the charter provision that says Mayors must be at least 23 years old. See this story. Thanks to Carter Momberger for … Continue reading
Wieslaw Niemoczynski, the Monroe County (Pennsylvania) Chief Public Defender, says in this news story that he will challenge the system for checking signatures in Pennsylvania. On August 21 his own petition to be an independent candidate for Common Pleas judge … Continue reading
