On April 5, a U.S. District Court upheld Pennsylvania’s ballot access laws, against a challenge brought by the Green and Constitution Parties. The parties are appealing. The decision is very lengthy. A posting will follow when the decision has been received. Apparently the court criticized Pennsylvania’s law, but said it is constitutional.
The South Dakota Constitution Party is ballot-qualified, but it still faced a tough ballot access hurdle this month, to qualify its candidate for Governor for its own primary ballot. He needed 250 signatures of registered Constitution Party members, not easy in a party with fewer than 500 members, but he seems to have met the requirement on the deadline, April 4.
A poll conducted by Chicago’s Glengariff Group shows that the Republicans are slightly leading in the Illinois gubernatorial race, regardless of whether African-American State Senator James Meeks enters the race. The poll included 600 voters and was not commissioned by any candidate. The results with Meeks included are: Topinka (Republican) 40%, Blagojevich (Democrat) 38%, Meeks 7%. Without Meeks, the results are: 44% Topinka, 41% Blagojevich.
