The Egyptian presidential run-off was held June 16-17, but the results still aren’t out, and they won’t be for several days. See this news story. This contrasts with the vote tallies in the May initial presidential election, when the results … Continue reading
The Knoxville News Sentinel has reported that the Green Party is running two candidates for the state house in the Knoxville area, and that they will be the only opponents in the general election to the incumbents. See this story, … Continue reading
As noted earlier, on May 17, the Constitution Party, the Green Party, and the Libertarian Party had filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia against the unique Pennsylvania system that requires petitioning candidates and groups to be subject … Continue reading
On June 19, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the State Constitution’s one-year residency requirement for legislative candidates should be construed permissively. The case is Gray v Taylor, SC 92620. One incumbent Democratic legislator sought to keep her Democratic … Continue reading
On June 19, the California Senate Elections Committee passed AB 1436, the bill to permit individuals to register to vote on election day. See this story. Assuming it is signed into law, it won’t be in effect until 2015 at … Continue reading
