Bill Crawford, a writer for the Mississippi Business Journal, predicts in this column that the legislature will pass a bill letting parties close their primaries. The Mississippi Business Journal is a weekly print publication and is on-line also, and is … Continue reading
On June 30, Gravis Marketing released a Florida gubernatorial poll. The results: Republican incumbent Rick Scott 41%; Democrat Charlie Crist 39%; Libertarian Adrian Wyllie 6%; undecided 15%. See here for the details. Thanks to PoliticalWire for the link. … Continue reading
All of the statewide Illinois petitions submitted for the general election this year have been challenged. The independent candidates for Governor and U.S. Senator will certainly be removed from the ballot, because none of them had as many signatures as … Continue reading
Ballot Access News June 1, 2014 – Volume 30, Number 1 This issue was printed on white paper. Table of Contents BALLOT ACCESS PROGRESS IN LEGISLATURES OF 2 STATES OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE QUITS BEFORE PASSING BALLOT ACCESS BILL MICHIGAN PETITION RESTRICTION … Continue reading
On June 23, a lower state court in Illinois removed both initiatives from the ballot. See this story. One initiative would impose legislative term limits; the other would set up a redistricting commission. Everyone agrees that the term limits has … Continue reading
