Last month, this site appealed for donations to COFOE (Coalition for Free & Open Elections) to help pay for a proposed new ballot access lawsuit. North Carolina ballot access restrictions for independent candidates for U.S. House are so restrictive, no … Continue reading
On June 9, Opinion Dynamics released a nationwide poll of registered voters who expect to vote in Republican presidential primaries. It was a telephone poll with 900 respondents. The results: Rudy Giuliani 22%, John McCain 15%, Fred Thompson 13%, Mitt … Continue reading
The Illinois legislature has already passed the National Popular Vote Plan, but each house passed a slightly different version. The bill, HB 1685, has been given until June 15 to make its final passage. It is likely that it will … Continue reading
On June 8, U.S. District Court Judge W. Allen Pepper, a Clinton appointee, ruled in favor of the Mississippi Democratic Party. The issue was whether Mississippi’s open primary is unconstitutional as applied to a political party that doesn’t want non-members … Continue reading
On June 1, the Illinois Senate amended HB 1752 (which was originally a bill concerning wages for precinct elections officials) to add minimal ballot access improvements for independent candidates. The Senate then passed the bill. The added provisions are similar … Continue reading
