California election law requires candidates for partisan public office, or for party office, to have been registered members of their own party for at least three months, before they file in their own party’s primary. Also they must not have … Continue reading
The U.S. Supreme Court has put Ohio v Citizens for Tax Reform on its conference agenda for November 7, 2008. The decision as to whether the Court will hear the case will probably be public on November 10, 2008. The … Continue reading
A U.S. District Court in Philadelphia will hold an evidentiary hearing on October 28, at 1 p.m, in NAACP v Cortes, no. 08-cv-5048. This is the case filed October 23 that seeks to compel elections officials to provide emergency paper … Continue reading
Massachusetts State Senator Dianne Wilkerson, a Democrat from Boston, was defeated in the September 16 primary by 213 votes. The vote in the primary was Sonia Chang-Diaz 9,071; Wilkerson 8,858. Now Wilkerson is attempting to retain her seat by running … Continue reading
Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel has asked the Georgia Supreme Court to remove Jim Powell from the November ballot. Powell won the August Democratic primary for one of the statewide partisan races for Public Service Commissioner. The Georgia Supreme … Continue reading
