On October 22, the Executive Committee of the National Republican Committee voted to punish 5 states for choosing delegates too early. The full Republican National Committee will decide whether to implement this recommendation next month. The five state Republican Parties … Continue reading
Any reader of this blog who is sympathetic to the fight to improve ballot access laws may wish to help either or both of these veteran ballot access volunteer attorneys: 1. Bob Bastress, a law professor at the University of … Continue reading
Bob Bauer, an expert on campaign finance laws and a critic of those laws, has written this in his blog More Soft Money Hard Law. It deals with the interplay between Stephen Colbert’s candidacy in the South Carolina major party … Continue reading
The Republican Party of Florida sponsored a presidential debate on Fox News on October 21. Alan Keyes was not permitted to participate. The party said no one could debate who did not register at 1% in recent polls. … Continue reading
Since 1991, West Virginia has had a law that says candidates (other than independent candidates) must be registered members of the party that nominates them. No one had ever thought this law applies to presidential candidates. But on October 18, … Continue reading
