On April 11, the Montana Senate State Administration Committee tabled HB 797, which had earlier passed the House. It moved the presidential primary from June to February.
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On April 11, the Montana Senate State Administration Committee tabled HB 797, which had earlier passed the House. It moved the presidential primary from June to February.
On April 16, Connecticut SB 1184 cleared all preliminary committees and will soon receive a vote on the Senate floor. It moves the presidential primary from March to February 5.
On April 16, Nigeria’s highest court ruled that one of the presidential candidates had been removed from the ballot illegally, and ordered him reinstated. The presidential election is scheduled for April 21. The Electoral Commission said it could cope, even though millions of ballots had already been printed without his name. The excluded candidate is Atiku Abubakar, the current vice-president. He was removed from the ballot last month because the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had ruled that he is corrupt. The Commission removed other candidates for lesser office from the ballot as well, but critics noted that most of the candidates removed by the Commission are opposed to the governing Peoples Democratic Party.
Atiku Abubakar is the presidential candidate of the newly-formed Action Congress Party. His chief opponent is Umaru Yar’ Adua. Both are Muslim.
On April 18, the U.S. Senate Rules Committee will hold a hearing, on the subject of possibly repealing limits in the McCain-Feingold law on how much money political parties may spend on behalf of their own nominees. Speakers in favor include John Samples of the CATO Institute, and attorney Marc Elias. Speakers opposed to the idea are Fred Wertheimer of Democracy 21, Dr. Thomas E. Mann of The Brookings Institution, and Gary Kalman of U.S. Pirg.
Thanks to Rick Hasen for this news.