Rasmussen Reports issued these poll results on May 18. One of the questions listed 4 candidates: Obama 42%, McCain 38%, Barr 6%, Nader 4%, undecided 11%.

Another question listed 5 candidates, with Hillary Clinton running as an independent: McCain 32%, Obama 31%, Clinton 22%, Barr 3%, Nader 3%, undecided 9%.

Another question asked whether the respondent felt about the chances that someone other than the Republican or Democratic nominee would be elected president in the next 25 years. 10% said this is Very Likely; 29% said Somewhat Likely; 52% said Not Likely; 9% said undecided.

Ohio holds a special election for Attorney General in November 2008. Independent candidates must file 750 valid signatures by May 27 (Tuesday). Any resident of Ohio who is a U.S. citizen age 18 or over may qualify. Candidates need not be attorneys.

The Republican and Democratic Parties will nominate for this office by party meeting. There is no primary for them, for this office, since this year’s primary was already held, back in March 2008. There is no procedure for a new or previously unqualified party to name a nominee (other than using the independent petition, which doesn’t permit a partisan label on the ballot).

On May 19, the New Hampshire Supreme Court said a bill letting underage citizens vote in primaries, if those voters were going to be age 18 by the time of the general election, would violate the State Constitution. New Hampshire is one of the few states in which the State Supreme Court is entitled to decide whether a bill is constitutional or not, before it has become law. Here is the opinion. The case is called Opinion of the Justices, Voting Age in Primaries, 2008-292. The bill, SB 436, had already passed in the Senate, and the House had requested the ruling.

The State Constitution says, “All elections are to be free, and every inhabitant of the state 18 years of age and upwards shall have an equal right to vote in any election.”