The Mississippi Secretary of State has rejected the application of the Prohibition Party to be a qualified party. This is an update and reversal to the post of an hour ago. BAN is attempting to learn what was defective in the party’s application.
Level the Playing Field, Peter Ackerman, the Libertarian Party, and the Green Party, sued the Federal Election Commission on June 22, 2015, over general election presidential debates. So far the government hasn’t responded. In an ordinary federal case, the defendant must respond in some fashion by 30 days after the case is filed. But when the federal government is sued, it has 60 days to respond.
Ed Rollins, veteran political consultant who managed the Ross Perot presidential campaign in the spring of 1992 has this interesting description of exactly how the Republican Party chooses a presidential nominee.
Mimi Soltysik has declared his intent to obtain the presidential nomination of the Socialist Party. See this story. He was the campaign manager for the Socialist Party’s presidential nominee in 2012. Soltysik lives in Los Angeles. The Socialist Party national convention will be in Milwaukee on October 16-18.
California State Senate Bill 589 has passed the Senate and several committees in the Assembly. It would provide that adult citizens who have a conservator may still register to vote if they can communicate that they desire to register to vote. Currently, each California county has its own policy about revoking voting rights for registered voters who are put under a conservatorship. See this story. Thanks to AroundtheCapitol for the link.
