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
On May 30, the Sixth Circuit asked the Michigan Secretary of State to respond to the Libertarian Party’s request for a rehearing, in Libertarian Party of Michigan v Ruth Johnson. This shows that the court is somewhat interested in the … Continue reading
Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee, elected as an independent in 2010, recently changed his voter registration to “Democratic” and is expected to run for re-election next year in the Democratic primary. See this story, which speculates that Chafee made the … Continue reading
