In the United States, no elected officials on a law-making body (except for the U.S. Senate) have as many constituents as Los Angeles County Supervisors. Each of the five supervisors has approximately two million constituents. Dan Walters, politics and government … Continue reading
The Akron Daily Journal has this editorial, saying the Ohio legislature should not force the state’s four qualified minor parties to petition for a place on the 2014 ballot. The Ohio legislature will decide on the ballot access rules this … Continue reading
On October 30, a group of Northern Cheyenne voter-plaintiffs obtained a ruling from the Ninth Circuit in Wandering Medicine v McCulloch, 12-35926. Last year election administrators in three Montana counties refused to open satellite voting offices in certain Native American … Continue reading
On November 4, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Worley v Detzner, 13-333. The lower court had upheld a Florida law that required groups that spend as little as $500 either supporting or opposing a ballot measure to file … Continue reading
The November 3 Plain Dealer, Cleveland’s daily newspaper, has this editorial, strongly condemning SB 193, the ballot access bill. … Continue reading
