On November 30, the 6th circuit heard oral argument in Citizens for Tax Reform v Deters, 07-3031. The issue is Ohio’s law, banning paying initiative and candidate petitioners on a per signature basis. The hearing seemed to go well. The … Continue reading
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State officials have filed amicus curiae briefs on both sides, in the U.S. Supreme Court’s upcoming case over Indiana’s law requiring voters at the polls to show government photo-ID. The brief in support of Indiana’s law was initiated and written … Continue reading
Previous posts of November 7 and November 9 listed minor party members who had been elected to both partisan and non-partisan office on November 6, 2007. Those posts did not provide a complete listing, however. Additional winners are: Constitution Party: … Continue reading
Unity08’s new web page has a clear, detailed outline of its ballot access goals in each state. The organization is currently petitioning, or doing other qualification work, in Maryland, Delaware, Mississippi and South Carolina. In December 2007 petitioning will start … Continue reading
According to this story in the Riverside, California Press-Enterprise, wealthy Congressman Darrell Issa of San Diego County has agreed to pay to get an initiative on the California June 2008 ballot. That initiative would provide that each U.S. House district … Continue reading