The Montana ballot access case, Kelly v Johnson, has a conference before the federal judge who is handling the case on January 9. The lawsuit challenges Montana’s March petition deadline for non-presidential independent candidates.
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The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to hear Brewer v Nader at its January 16, 2009 conference. This is the case in which the Arizona Secretary of State hopes to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to hear her appeal, over out-of-state petitioners, and whether an early June petition deadline is unconstitutional, at least as applied to independent presidential candidates.
The January 4 issue of the Philadelphia Inquirer has this letter on the action of Pennsylvania courts requiring Ralph Nader to pay costs to the people who challenged his 2004 petition. Greg Kafoury, who wrote the letter, is an attorney who has supported Nader.
Burlington, the largest city in Vermont, uses partisan elections for its own city officers. The Mayoral election will be March 3, 2009. Incumbent Bob Kiss, of the Progressive Party, plans to run for re-election. See this article, published December 1 by WPTZ, but posted to the Progressive Party’s webpage.
Burlington, the largest city in Vermont, uses partisan elections for its own city officers. The Mayoral election will be March 3, 2009. Incumbent Bob Kiss, of the Progressive Party, plans to run for re-election. See this article, published December 1 by WPTZ, but posted to the Progressive Party’s webpage.