Federal election law requires that debate sponsors, for candidates for federal office, must have objective criteria when they decide whom to invite. Generally debate sponsors rely on polls. California’s U.S. Senate race on June 7, 2016, has 34 candidates on … Continue reading
On May 11, the Commission on Presidential Debates filed this amicus curiae brief in Level the Playing Field v Federal Election Commission, 1:15cv-1397. This is one of the two pending cases over the rules for qualifying for the general election … Continue reading
Patrick Gannon, editor of the Insider State Government News Service, which covers North Carolina, has this article about independent candidates who are trying to get on the ballot for legislature this year. He does not mention congressional independents, but the … Continue reading
The Independent Voters Network has this article by Richard Winger, detailing how California election laws, and election administrators, have made determined efforts to stamp out the word “Independent.” This is true for the voter registration form, for ballots, and even … Continue reading
Here is a link to the Oregon Secretary of State’s election returns. Three parties, Republican, Democratic, and Independent, had primaries. There are no presidential primary returns yet for the Independent Party because all the voters for that office are write-in … Continue reading
