On June 28, an Arkansas state circuit judge in Sebastian County ruled that organizers of a local initiative may have ten more days after their petition was rejected, to get more valid signatures. See this story. Arkansas is the only … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: June 2011
On June 28, Wisconsin Assemblymember John Nygren filed a lawsuit in state court, arguing that he should be on the ballot in one of the upcoming special elections for State Senate. He needed 400 valid signatures but elections officials said … Continue reading
On June 28, a Superior Court in Yavapai County, Arizona, ruled that Prescott Mayor Marlin Kuykendall should remain on the ballot in the August 2011 election. Kuykendall is running for re-election. See this story. His ballot position had been challenged … Continue reading
On the evening of June 27, Norman Ornstein, co-director of AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project, debated Fred Smith, President of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, on the subject of whether the United States should make voting compulsory. See this story. The debate … Continue reading
The Washington Times has this interesting story about independent candidates in China, and ballot access. China does have some elections for local office but generally tries to keep all candidates off the ballot except those approved by the Communist Party. … Continue reading
On June 23, the Ninth Circuit determined that the lawsuit Washington State Republican Party v Washington State Grange will be heard by Judges Raymond C. Fisher, Dorothy Nelson, and Pamela Ann Rymer. Normally no U.S. Court of Appeals identifies which … Continue reading