Voters in Columbus, Ohio, will be choosing four Board of Education members in an election this year. The election is non-partisan. According to this news story, so many candidate have had petitions rejected, that there may be only three candidates … Continue reading
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Last month, fifteen South Dakota Representatives, and six State Senators, introduced HB 1158, to move the independent candidate petition deadline (for office other than President) from early June to late April. South Dakota’s primary is in June. The same bill … Continue reading
On February 3, a Vermont Superior Court Judge held oral arguments in Trudell v Markowitz, 612-8-10-wn-cv. This is the lawsuit filed last year, challenging the constitutionality of the June petition deadline for independent candidates. The 2010 legislature moved that deadline … Continue reading
On January 11, the Michigan Attorney General filed a 30-page brief in the Michigan Supreme Court, arguing that the Supreme Court should not hear the Socialist Party’s ballot access case. The Socialist Party’s strongest legal point is that the state … Continue reading
Maine Representative Ben Chipman (I-Portland) has introduced LD 142, to remove the requirement that a qualified party, or a group attempting to qualify as a political party, must hold a municipal caucus in at least one town in each county … Continue reading