California has a program under which high schools and middle schools (grades 7-12) may study a current election, and then the students vote in a mock election. The Secretary of State received these results this year on October 24, and … Continue reading
It is quite possible that minor parties could win state legislative seats in 5 states this year. In Indiana, Rex Bell, a Libertarian, is in virtually a 3-person tie with his Democratic and Republican opponents in the 54th district, according … Continue reading
On October 27, the North Dakota Libertarian Party turned in its petition to be a party in that state in 2008. Most states don’t care how early a petition to create a new party begins to circulate, so this early … Continue reading
On October 27, the Florida Court of Appeals, 1st district, reversed the lower court’s decision in Cobb v Thurman. Polling places in Florida’s 16th US House district will have signs posted, saying that a vote for Mark Foley counts as … Continue reading
New York state uses a party-column or party-row type of ballot. The order of parties on November 7 will be: Republican, Democratic, Independence, Conservative, Working Families, Green, Libertarian, Rent is Too Damn High/Socialist Equality, and Socialist Workers. The old-fashioned lever … Continue reading
