Many state legislatures have rigid deadlines for introducing bills. Those deadlines were in December 2008 in Indiana, Iowa, and Oklahoma. A previous post had said that the Indiana deadline was in mid-January, but actually it was on December 15. Therefore, … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2009
Congress will count the electoral votes on January 8 (Thursday) at 1 p.m.
Illinois holds a special election to fill the vacant 5th U.S. House seat on April 7. The Board says any independent candidate, or any nominee of an unqualified party, must submit 12,586 valid signatures no later than January 27. The … Continue reading
This webpage has links to all the Green Parties established around the world. … Continue reading
On January 5, the Minnesota Secretary of State posted new totals for Al Franken and Norm Coleman for U.S. Senate. No new totals were calculated for the other candidates. Compared to the original tally, Al Franken gained 1,056 votes, and … Continue reading
The Texas Secretary of State has corrected some clerical errors that had crept into the official November 2008 presidential returns, for the declared write-in candidates. As a result, Chuck Baldwin gained 343 votes, Ralph Nader gained 226 votes, Cynthia McKinney … Continue reading