On December 20, U.S. District Court Judge Mark Kravitz, a Bush Jr. appointee, ruled that the U.S. Constitution does not require states to permit same-day voter registration. ACORN v Bysiewicz, 3:04-cv-1624.
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On December 20, the daily newspaper of Eugene, Oregon ran this op-ed against the “top two” primary initiative now circulating in that state.
On December 20, the daily newspaper of Eugene, Oregon ran this op-ed against the “top two” primary initiative now circulating in that state.
On December 16, eight Libertarian residents of Jefferson County, Kentucky (Louisville) appeared together at the County Election Board, to re-register “Libertarian”. Under new Kentucky election regulations, members of certain unqualified parties will now be tallied, but only new registrations will count. The group had arranged for TV coverage. WHAS-TV (channel 11) filmed the group, and it is expected that it will be covered on that channel’s news program the evening of December 16.
On December 15, Rep. Paul Froehlich introduced HB 4250, which cuts the number of signatures for an independent candidate for the legislature from 10% of the last vote cast, to 5%. The current Illinois requirement is the only one in the nation higher than 5% of the number of registered voters.