North Carolina has a public funding program in place for candidates for judicial offices. According to this news story, the Governor’s budget plans to defund the program, and three bills have been introduced to repeal the program.
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Public Policy Polling has this new poll, released May 5, for the special election, U.S. House, in South Carolina’s First District. The election is May 7. The poll includes all three candidates. Thanks to Michael for the link.
This AP story about New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to repeal the Wilson-Pakula law has quotations about the idea from leaders of the Conservative Party, the Independence Party, and the Green Party. All favor the existing law and oppose the Governor’s idea.
The title of the article is somewhat misleading. The Wilson-Pakula law was passed in 1947 to curtail the power of U.S. Congressman Vito Marcantonio, who kept winning major party primaries even though he was sympathetic to the views of the Communist Party. The change was not about a generic attempt to stop socialists or communists.
The Daily Herald, the largest daily newspaper that covers just the Chicago suburbs, has this story about the Village of Island Lake paying $44,125 in legal fees because of a challenge to Mayoral candidate Charles Amrich’s ballot position. Amrich was ruled off the ballot by the Village Electoral Board, but he prevailed in court, appeared on the ballot, and won the election.
Island Lake has a population of 8,080 and is in northeast Illinois.
The Washington Post poll concerning the Virginia gubernatorial race can be seen here. The poll does not mention the Libertarian Party nominee, Rob Sarvis, who is expected to qualify for the ballot soon. However, the poll does ask the hypothetical question of who respondents would vote for if Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling were running as an independent (he considered doing that, but is not doing that). Those results show Bolling at 15% if he were running.
The poll also asks respondents if they are satisfied with a field that only includes Ken Cuccinelli, the Republican nominee, and Terry McAuliffe, the Democratic nominee. 45% said they were satisfied with that field, but 40% said they wish someone else were running. Thanks to PoliticalWire for the link to the poll.