On April 5, the Connecticut Joint Government Administration and Election Committee passed SB 1146, the bill that makes it illegal for a party to nominate a non-member. However, the bill has not yet been voted on in either House. The … Continue reading
According to this story, the Conservative Campaign Committee PAC has launched a campaign to persuade voters to write-in State Senator Larry Grooms for U.S. House, in South Carolina’s upcoming special election in the First District. Grooms disavows the effort. However, … Continue reading
Maine Representative Deane Rykerson (D-Kittery) has introduced LD 1422, to establish a presidential primary in Maine. If it passes, it would allow the Green Party to have its own presidential primary in 2016. Maine has never held a presidential primary … Continue reading
The BLT (Blog of Legal Times) has this story about the April 25 decision of the Federal Election Commission to continue in force the exemption for the Socialist Workers Party from campaign finance disclosure. Also, here is a story from … Continue reading
On April 26, a state court in Illinois ruled that Steven Wailand received a majority in the Macomb February election for Alderman. See this news release from the Liberty Justice Center, which represented Wailand. He received 17 votes and his … Continue reading
