As of Thursday evening, virtually no one knows if John McCain will participate in the first presidential debate set for Friday evening in Oxford, Mississippi. Frank Fahrenkopf, co-chair of the Commission on Presidential Debates, and a former Republican Party national … Continue reading
The Pennsylvania Elections Department has sent this 2-page letter to county boards of election, suggesting that the counties permit voters at the polls to wear T-shirts and buttons that mention candidates. Thanks to Daily Kos for the link. … Continue reading
The 7th circuit held oral arguments on September 25 in Stevo v Keith, 08-3218. The issue is the Illinois law which requires independent candidates for the U.S. House to collect over 10,000 signatures in some election years, but exactly 5,000 … Continue reading
On September 25, Louisiana filed a notice of appeal with the 5th circuit, in the case over whether Bob Barr should be on the ballot. The issue is the deadline, and its relationship to the bad weather that closed the … Continue reading
On September 25, a U.S. District Court in Mississippi ruled against Brian Moore, in the lawsuit to place him on the ballot as the presidential nominee of the Natural Law Party. The issue was whether the state should have accepted … Continue reading
