On August 28, Carl Romanelli filed an appeal of his ballot access lawsuit in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Romanelli v Caroselli. It argues that the correct number of signatures needed for statewide minor party and independent petitions this year is … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: August 2006
On August 28, a former Republican candidate for Congress filed an objection to the New York Libertarian Party statewide petition. In the thirty years that the Libertarian Party has been getting on the statewide ballot in New York, this is … Continue reading
According to the campaign for the Illinois Democratic gubernatorial nominee, the Illinois Democratic Party no longer objects to the Green Party’s statewide Illinois petition. Earlier in the year, various Democratic Party officials had challenged the petition. This led to a … Continue reading
On August 28, a Wall Street Journal/Zogby Poll for the Connecticut US Senate race showed the Republican nominee at only 2%. The same poll showed independent candidate Joseph Lieberman 49%, Democrat Lamont 39%, other or don’t know 10%. Other candidates … Continue reading
On August 17, the New Hampshire Supreme Court had ruled that the state’s laws governing order of parties and candidates on the ballot are unconstitutional. On August 25, the Court ruled that the ruling should not take effect until after … Continue reading
On August 23, the California Court of Appeals denied injunctive relief in Sonoma Republican Party v McPherson, the lawsuit that tried to get relief for write-in candidates in partisan primaries. No hearing was held; the request was simply denied, a … Continue reading