Neil Chaudhary, a former member of the Police Commission of Newtown, Connecticut, will run in November 2025 for his old position. But this time he is running as a Forward Party nominee, and not the nominee of any other party. See this story.
Newtown has a population of 27,173 and is in Fairfield County. Its Police Commission has five members, each of whom serve four-year terms. The office is partisan. Virtually all local elections in Connecticut are partisan.
This news story explores whether No Labels, a qualified party in Arizona, could become a political success.
The Hawaii Constitution Party has completed its petition for party status, and is about to submit it to the Office of Elections. This is the first such petition that the Constitution Party has completed so far this year.
On August 22, two Ohio voting rights groups filed a federal lawsuit against the new Ohio law that says when people register to vote at the Department of Motor Vehicles, they must produce proof of citizenship. Oddly, though, Ohio doesn’t require such proof for any other type of voter registration. Red Wine and Blue v LaRose, n.d., 1:25cv-1760. Here is the Complaint.
The case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Solomon Oliver, Jr., a Clinton appointee.
On August 29, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed HB 4, the bill for new U.S. House districts.
