On May 28, the Illinois Senate amended an election law bill to include a provision doubling the number of signatures needed to run for Alderman of Chicago. Existing law requires a petition signed by 2% of the last vote cast, … Continue reading
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Politifact Wisconsin has this interesting set of quotes from various election law experts, when each of those experts was asked if the U.S. Constitution protects the right to vote. However, none of them mention that the U.S. Constitution obviously does … Continue reading
On May 31, the California Assembly again defeated ACA 9. This is the bill to provide that candidates for Congress and partisan state office who place second still can’t go to the November ballot, if they are write-in candidates and … Continue reading
The lawsuit Gary Johnson and James Gray filed in 2012 to be included in the general election presidential debates, and the vice-presidential debate, is still active. The lawsuit is pending in federal court in Orange County, California and is Johnson … Continue reading
Robin Sanders, a resident of Ann Arbor, says he will attempt to be an independent gubernatorial candidate in Michigan in 2014. Michigan is one of eight states in which no independent candidate for Governor has ever appeared on the ballot. … Continue reading