On January 24, a visiting California Superior Court Judge from Orange County will hold a hearing in the case over who won the San Diego mayoral election.
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The US Supreme Court will consider whether to hear Ralph Nader’s Oregon ballot access case at its conference of February 18. A decision as to whether that Court will accept the case will probably be announced on February 21. The … Continue reading
Yesterday, the Ohio Secretary of State’s office corrected a small but irritating problem with that state’s official 2004 election returns on the web. Michael Badnarik and Michael Peroutka appeared on the Ohio ballot with the label “other-party candidate”, in accordance … Continue reading
On January 18, the new chief of the New Mexico Elections Department, Ernest Ortega, told the New Mexico Libertarian Party that it is still ballot-qualified. However, this decision isn’t in writing yet. The Libertarian Party had thought it was disqualified … Continue reading
On January 19, Oklahoma Representative Marian Cooksey introduced House Bill 1429, which greatly eases ballot access for minor parties. Current law requires 5% of the last vote cast, which for 2006 is a staggering 73,188 valid signatures. The bill would … Continue reading