According to this story, Texas Democrats are exerting themselves to help defeat Kesha Rogers in the Democratic primary for U.S. House, 22nd district. The district is strongly Republican. Two candidates filed in the Democratic primary. One of them, Rogers, supports the Lyndon LaRouche movement and advocates that President Obama be impeached.
This news story demonstrates persuasively that despite the bad treatment of independent candidates in certain states in the U.S., there are far worse places in the world for independent candidates.
On March 13, Wellington, Florida held an election for its village council (Wellington calls itself a “village” but it has a population of 57,000). After the results were certified, it was discovered that the Dominion vote-counting machines had malfunctioned. The clerk of the village would like to re-certify the election with the correct winners, but it is not clear that such a move is legal. The matter is pending in state court. See this story.
On March 26, the Nebraska Secretary of State announced that the Americans Elect petition has enough valid signatures. Nebraska now has four qualified parties; the others are Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian. The deadline is August 1 for any additional parties that may wish to qualify.
On March 26, the Nebraska Supreme Court declined to hear the Republican Party’s appeal, in the case over whether Bob Kerrey should be on the Democratic primary ballot on May 15 as a candidate for U.S. Senate. See this story. The Supreme Court said it doesn’t have jurisdiction, so the lower court decision stands. The lower court said candidates for federal office cannot be required to be registered voters, so even if Kerrey’s voter registration is improper, it doesn’t make any difference to whether he can run.
