On May 18, the Seventh Circuit expedited the case over whether initiative petitions in Illinois should get petitioning relief. The case was originally called Morgan v White, but in the Seventh Circuit it is Committee for the Illinois Democracy Act … Continue reading
On May 20, U.S. District Court Judge Terrence G. Berg slightly expanded the type of Michigan primary candidates who can benefit from his April ruling easing ballot access. The April ruling cut the number of signatures needed to get on … Continue reading
On May 21, the Peace & Freedom Party of California executive committee said that it had surveyed the state central committee, and knows that a majority support Gloria La Riva for President and Leonard Peltier for vice-president. La Riva had … Continue reading
This story describes the third general election debate of 1960, in which Richard Nixon and John Kennedy were in different states at the time of their debate. The story says that the remote format worked quite well. … Continue reading
This Montana news story says the state Green Party disavows most of the candidates running for congress or state office in its own primary. If Montana law allowed new or small qualified parties to nominate by convention, this problem would … Continue reading
