The Hawaii Attorney General has prepared a formal opinion that improves ballot access for the presidential nominees of unqualified parties. The opinion says that when an unqualified party uses the independent presidential petition procedure, the party label should be printed … Continue reading
Alabama has rejected the Constitution Party’s ballot access petition for the special election, State House, 31st district. See this story in the Birmingham News. Because the Republican Party is the only party that qualified a candidate for this election (no … Continue reading
The New Mexico Supreme Court has declined to hear Constitution Party of New Mexico v Duran, 34431. Any Supreme Court is always free to decline to hear a case filed directly with that court. The decision not to hear the … Continue reading
Jeff Hewitt, who was elected to the Calimesa, California, city council in 2010, has let it be known that he has changed his voter registration to show him as a Libertarian. All city and county elections in California are non-partisan. … Continue reading
On December 19, the California Secretary of State announced that the Neighborhood Legislature initiative may begin to collect signatures, to qualify for the 2014 ballot. The proposal would amend the California Constitution. Currently California has 40 State Senators and 80 … Continue reading
