The Oregon Senate Rules Committee holds a public hearing on HB 2414 on Tuesday, May 12. This is the bill to legalize fusion. If it becomes law, a candidate who has been nominated by two parties would have both parties’ names adjacent to his or her name on the November ballot. The bill passed the House back on March 31 by 53-7.
The Providence Journal, the biggest newspaper in Rhode Island, has this very interesting and fairly lengthy article (in the May 3 issue) about the Moderate Party and its federal lawsuit to strike down the law that makes it illegal for the party to start petitioning until next year. Thanks to Independent Political Report for the link.
Free & Equal, an organization formed early this year by Christina Tobin, has made a very generous donation of $1,850 to OBAR, Oklahoma Ballot Access Reform. The money will be used to help pay for the professional lobbyist who is working for ballot access reform.
Free & Equal, an organization formed early this year by Christina Tobin, has made a very generous donation of $1,850 to OBAR, Oklahoma Ballot Access Reform. The money will be used to help pay for the professional lobbyist who is working for ballot access reform.
Congressman Dennis Kucinich expects to appeal his lawsuit against the Texas Democratic Party to the U.S. Supreme Court. When Kucinich tried to run in the Democratic presidential primary in Texas last year, he was barred from the party’s primary ballot because he wouldn’t sign an oath to “fully support” whomever became the Democratic presidential nominee. The lower federal courts ruled in favor of the Texas Democratic Party. The last ruling, from the 5th circuit, was on March 24, 2009.
