Sometime during the first week in October, the Americans Elect web page updated the number of signatures that have been obtained on the group’s ballot access petitions so far this year. The new national total is 1,829,264. That contrasts with … Continue reading
On October 6, Irregular Times posted a link to the Americans Elect draft proposal on how candidates may seek the group’s presidential nomination, and also opened a discussion of those rules. That thread of comments is worthwhile reading. … Continue reading
The 2012 New Hampshire presidential primary date is still unknown. However, no matter what date is chosen, it is likely that the 2012 presidential primary season will be the first in the nation’s history to last more than five months. … Continue reading
Micah Sifry has this article on CNN, explaining that only President Obama’s campaign has fully utilized modern technology for managing and assimilating data about tens of millions of individual voters and their preferences and demographic characteristics. Thanks to Thomas Jones … Continue reading
Indiana has one of the most severe laws for candidates to get on a presidential primary ballot. The law requires 500 signatures from each of the state’s nine U.S. House districts. In 2008, the only Democrats who appeared on the … Continue reading
