On February 21, the California State Court of Appeals in Sacramento heard oral arguments in Fuller v Bowen, a case filed by a legislative candidate who meets the California Constitution’s one-year duration of residency requirement for candidates for the legislature. … Continue reading
According to this story, Jim Jenkins will not be an independent candidate for U.S. Senate this year from Nebraska. In 2011 the legislature passed a bill making it impossible for anyone to be an independent candidate (other than for President … Continue reading
On Wednesday, February 22, the Georgia Senate Ethics Committee will hear SB 377, in Room 310 of the Legislative Office Building. The hearing is at 2 p.m. This is the bill to require circulators to sign (under penalty of perjury) … Continue reading
On February 20, a federal holiday, the Missouri House Elections Committee passed SB 773, to move the filing deadline in the non-presidential August primary from March 27 to April 24. The motive is that the boundaries of legislative districts may … Continue reading
North Carolina requires 85,379 valid signatures for a new party, or a statewide independent, to get on the ballot in 2012. That is the second highest number of any state, after California. Americans Elect earlier submitted 125,032 signatures, and the … Continue reading
