On August 17, Magellan Polls released a New Hampshire Republican presidential primary poll: Mitt Romney 36%, Rick Perry 18%, Ron Paul 14%, Michele Bachman 10%, all others at or below 3%. See more detail here. The poll sample consisted of 70% registered Republicans, and 30% registered independents who told the pollster they intend to vote in the Republican presidential primary. Thanks to Political Wire for the link.
A U.S. District Court in Camden, New Jersey, will hold a hearing in Lewis v Guardagno, 11-cv-2381, on Friday, August 19, at 2 p.m. The issue is whether Carl Lewis should be on the November 8, 2011 ballot for State Senate in the 8th district. He won the Democratic primary in June but his name will not be on the ballot unless he wins in court. It is possible the judge will rule immediately after the hearing.
The Sunshine News has this article on the possibility that Roy Moore will seek the Constitution Party’s presidential nomination. The Sunshine News, a Florida on-line news service, seems to give the Constitution Party better coverage than most news sources do. A few months ago the Sunshine News had a similar article on whether former Congressman Virgil Goode would seek the party’s presidential nomination.
As noted previously, on August 12, a lower state court in Colorado ruled that the November 2010 Saguache County ballots must be submitted to the Secretary of State so his office can recount them. The Denver Post of August 17 has this editorial, agreeing with the court. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link. Saguache County uses ES&S vote-counting machines.
The North Carolina legislature meets on September 12 in a special session that has the authority to act on election law bills. At that time the legislature may pass HB 32, the ballot access reform bill that has already passed the House. It may also pass one of the bills that abolishes the straight-ticket device.
If those bills don’t pass in September, it is likely that another special session will be held in December 2011. After that, the legislature won’t meet until May 2012.
