On November 7, filing closed for major party presidential primaries in Alabama. The Alabama presidential primaries are on February 5. Candidates were required to submit 500 signatures, as well as a filing fee. Dennis Kucinich and Mike Gravel did not submit any signatures, so will not appear on the Alabama Democratic ballot.

Duncan Hunter did not submit his 500 signatures to appear on the Republican ballot until 7 p.m. The Republican Party kept its office open late to accomodate him.

The six Democrats who qualified are Joseph Biden, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, John Edwards, Barack Obama, and Bill Richardson. The ten Republicans who qualified are Hugh Cort, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, Duncan Hunter, Alan Keyes, John McCain, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Tom Tancredo, and Fred Thompson.

The November 10 issue of The Sun Chronicle (of Norfolk, Massachusetts) has this article about Massachusetts Town Clerk opposition to moving the presidential primary from March to February. The Governor and legislative leaders are in favor of the idea, but the legislature is only in session 10 more days. The Town Clerks say the logistics of starting now to plan for a February 5 primary are almost impossible.

OpEdNews.com has a report by Michael Collins here about the opening day of the Reclaim Democracy conference. That conference extends into November 10 and November 11 as well. The first day of the conference focused largely on the curtailment of voting rights for District of Columbia residents, as well as voting rights problems for New Orleans residents, and the Electoral College.