On August 15, the Illinois Hearing Officer who conducted the review of the challenge to the Libertarian Party statewide slate recommended that the slate be placed on the ballot. However, the final decision will be made by the State Board of Elections. The only basis the challengers had for arguing that the slate should not(More)…
Has the Pennsylvania Ave Gang learned nothing?
According to this Washington Post story, proponents of Oregon’s Measure 90, the top-two primary system, have already raised over $1,000,000 to advertise for their measure. The money is fundamentally from wealthy business interests.
On August 13, at the end of oral argument, U.S. District Court Judge John Tharp said he will issue a ruling on injunctive relief in Summers v Smart on Thursday, August 21, at 9:30 a.m. This is the Illinois Green Party ballot access lawsuit. Meanwhile, the challenge process to the Illinois Libertarian statewide petition is(More)…
On August 11, the California Senate passed AB 2766, so the bill is through the legislature. It repeals the law that requires candidates for County Central Committee (from the Democratic, Republican, and American Independent Parties) to take a loyalty oath. The bill passed the Senate 23-12. Most Republican Senators voted “no”. The oath was declared(More)…
On August 12, U.S. District Court Judge David B. Hornby heard arguments in Woodhouse v Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices, 1:14-266. This is the case that challenges Maine campaign finance limits, which let contributors give twice as much money to a candidate who runs in a partisan primary and then a general(More)…
When I opened up my e-mail account I saw a letter from the bosses. My first thought before opening it was that they had finally gotten some customers to book …
On August 16, Montana Democrats will meet in convention and choose a new U.S. Senate nominee, to replace the winner of the party’s June primary, who since has resigned from the race. See this story. Thanks to Mike Fellows for the link.
Virginia will hold a special U.S. House election for the 7th district on November 4, 2014. The term is just for the remainder of November, December, and a few days in January 2015. The Democratic and Republican Parties were permitted to nominate candidates for the special election by party meeting, so no major party candidate(More)…
Hawaii held its partisan primaries on Saturday, August 9. None of the nine independent candidates polled enough votes in the open primary to advance to the general election. Hawaii is the only state that does not have a top-two primary, but which forces all candidates, even independents, to run in the primary. Hawaii law is(More)…
