The independent candidate petition to place Wendell Fant on the November 2010 ballot in North Carolina’s U.S. House district 8 does have enough valid signatures. The law required 16,929 valid signatures. The campaign handed in 35,450 raw signatures, and 21,084 … Continue reading
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Fortysix of the fifty states have partisan statewide offices up in 2010. The only states that have no statewide offices up are Mississippi, New Jersey, Virginia, and West Virginia. Of the 46 states that have statewide races, it appears likely … Continue reading
Here is a link to California election returns. Proposition 14, the top-two ballot measure, has 59.5% “Yes”. Proposition 15, to repeal the state law that bans public funding, is losing with 43.3%. California now has the most restrictive general election … Continue reading
On June 3, the Libertarian Party sued the Virginia State Board of Elections over that state’s rigid rules on residency of petition circulators. No one may circulate a petition to get a candidate on the ballot for a district office, … Continue reading
Some well-meaning electoral reformers support California’s Proposition 14, the top-two measure on the June 8, 2010, ballot, because they are very dissatisfied with the status quo, and they feel that anything that changes the election system must be beneficial. However, … Continue reading