The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court will hear arguments in Nomination Papers of Nevin Mindlin, 1392 C.D. 2013, on September 12, Thursday, at 9:30 a.m. in Harrisburg. This is the case over whether independent candidates must use a Substitution Committee. The lower … Continue reading
Last week, former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, who is now a Libertarian, endorsed Rob Sarvis, the Libertarian Party nominee for Governor of Virginia. That was enough to get a fairly short article about the endorsement in Richmond’s daily newspaper, … Continue reading
The Des Moines Register has this story about Professor Charles Wheelan’s Centrist Party, and how it is organizing in Iowa and some other states. … Continue reading
Ohio holds local elections in November 2013; almost all of them are non-partisan. In two counties, a surprisingly large number of candidates failed to get on the ballot, because of flaws in their petitions. See this story about Franklin County, … Continue reading
On August 22, the Hawaii Democratic Party submitted an affidavit to a U.S. District Court that is hearing the party’s lawsuit against the open primary. The state party chairman submitted information about the party’s current policy of inviting Hawaii registered … Continue reading
