On June 15, Krist Novoselic dropped out of the August 2009 primary for County Clerk of Wahkiakum County, Washington. He got almost as much publicity by dropping out as he got by filing. See this story. He said he had always planned to withdraw, and that he had filed just to publicize his point that the Washington state “top-two” is not fair to political parties because it lets anyone on the ballot with that party label, no matter what the party thinks of the candidate.
The Moderate Party of Rhode Island won a constitutional lawsuit on May 29, giving it the ability to start circulating its petition for full party status. The party received the blank petition forms from the state on June 1, and by volunteer efforts alone, already has 1,500 signatures. It needs 23,589 valid signatures by next year.
It is still possible that the state will appeal the decision. Although the Secretary of State doesn’t wish to appeal, it is possible the Board of Elections will appeal. A decision must be made by the end of June.
The US Supreme issued opinions today, but none on election law cases.
Terra. com has this op-ed advocating statehood for Puerto Rico. Terra.com is a major internet provider in Latin America, and in Spain, and has a large readership in the U.S. as well. The op-ed says a recent poll in Puerto Rico shows that 57% now favor statehood.
