Filing for 2009 Washington city and county elections closed on June 5. The primary is in August. One incumbent city coucilmember, Janet Way, will probably not appear on the August ballot because she tried to file for re-election online, and … Continue reading
John Hospers, first Libertarian Party presidential candidate, turned 91 on June 9, 2009. Other presidential candidates in the general election who lived at least that long include Strom Thurmond (100), Ronald Reagan (93), Gerald Ford (93), Frank Zeidler (93), Darlington … Continue reading
Arizona SB 1091 has been assigned to the Senate Judiciary Committee, and will probably have a hearing on June 15. This is the Secretary of State’s omnibus election law bill. The Secretary of State’s amendments propose to ease the out-of-state … Continue reading
On June 9, the U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, ruled that Ralph Nader’s lawsuit against the Democratic National Committee for its work to keep him off the ballot in 2004 should have been filed earlier than October 2007. Here … Continue reading
On June 8, the Florida Secretary of State finished checking an initiative petition, and said the initiative appears to have enough signatures statewide. The proposed initiative would require a popular vote on new housing development approvals. The initiative needed 676,811 … Continue reading
