Thanks to Independent Political Report for this news. The Independent American Party of Nevada has 55 nominees for public office this year.
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Thanks to Independent Political Report for this news. The Independent American Party of Nevada has 55 nominees for public office this year.
Columnist Michael Sneed of the Chicago Sun-Times reports here that Forrest Claypool, a Cook County Commissioner, may run for Cook County Assessor this year as an independent. Scroll down to “Scoopsville.” Claypool would need 25,000 signatures by June 21.
Claypool is a former Deputy State Treasurer of Illinois, and a former head of the Chicago Park District. Here is his web page.
On March 12, the Hawaii Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously passed HB 2397, which moves the primary from September to August, effective in 2011. Now the bill goes to the full Senate.
On March 11, the Nebraska Senate overwhelmingly defeated a proposed constitutional amendment, to lower the number of signatures to get an initiative on the ballot. See this story. Thanks to Ballot Box News for the link.