Wisconsin held an election for Superintendent of Public Education on February 17. Todd Price, a member of the Green Party, placed 4th out of 5 candidates with 11% of the vote. Although the race is non-partisan, he campaigned as a … Continue reading
According to this newspaper story of February 16, New York city Mayor Mike Bloomberg is working hard to win permission to enter the Republican Party primary when he runs for re-election this year. The story also says he is interested … Continue reading
New York will soon hold a special election to fill the vacant U.S. House seat, 20th district (Hudson Valley). Qualified parties choose nominees in special elections by party meeting. The Republican and Conservative Parties have already nominated Jim Tedisco. The … Continue reading
On February 17, the Virginia Senate Privileges & Elections Committee passed HB 2642. However, the Committee unanimously deleted the part of the bill that bans paying petition circulators on a per-signature basis. The remainder of the bill concerns deleting deceased … Continue reading
Recently, two election law bills have been introduced in the West Virginia legislature that are clearly unconstitutional. Senators Robert Williams (D-Bridgeport) and Robert Plymale (D-Ceredo) have introduced SB 271, to require declared write-in candidates to pay a filing fee. West … Continue reading
