The Working Families Party will be able to nominate Bill de Blasio for Mayor in its September 12, 2017 primary, even though its certificate letting de Blasio run its primary was defective. On August 31, the New York State Appeals … Continue reading
James Coll has been removed from the New York September 12 Democratic primary ballot because on his petition, he filled in the blank for the office he is running for as “county legislature” instead of “county legislator”. See this story. … Continue reading
Lacey Putney died on August 26 at the age of 89. See this obituary. He served in the Virginia House for 52 years, and for all elections 1967 through 2011, he was re-elected as an independent. He probably won more … Continue reading
On September 1, California bill AB 469 was amended. It somewhat eases the petition in lieu of filing fees. The number of signatures for a statewide office drops from 10,000 to 7,000. The number for U.S. House and State Senate … Continue reading
Peter Diamondstone, age 82, died on August 30. He founded the Vermont Liberty Union Party in 1970 and ran for a statewide office in Vermont every two years since then. See this obituary, which has a nice quote about Diamondstone … Continue reading
