On March 21, Nancy Argenziano announced she will run as an independent candidate for the Florida State House of Representatives this year. She formerly served in the Florida Senate as a Republican. See this story.
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According to Green Party Watch, Roseanne Barr will make her first campaign appearance at a Green Party event on March 23 in Los Angeles. See this story. The event will also Marcy Winograd, a prominent Los Angeles political activist who recently switched her registration from “Democratic” to “Green”, and three Green Party members who are running for Congress.
On March 20, the U.S. Supreme Court again granted Illinois more time to respond in Illinois League of Women Voters v Quinn, 11-943. Originally the state’s response had been due March 1, and then the Court had given the state until April 2. Now the state has until April 16. This is the case in which the League argues that gerrymandering (to help incumbents of both major parties) violates the First Amendment.
Michael Eisner, chief executive of the Walt Disney Corporation between 1984 and 2005, has this op-ed in the Los Angeles Times of March 21. Eisner argues that Americans Elect is worthy of support. Thanks to Bill Van Allen for the link.
On March 21, Bob Kerrey won his ballot access lawsuit. He will be the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Nebraska this year. The Nebraska Republican Party had challenged his spot on the Democratic primary ballot on the grounds that he doesn’t actually live where he is registered to vote. See this story. Apparently the judge depended on the U.S. Constitution’s list of qualifications for anyone to run for Congress, and ruled that states cannot require candidates to be registered voters.
The 9th and 10th circuits had also previously ruled that states cannot require candidates for Congress to be registered voters, but Nebraska is in the 8th Circuit.