On October 27, the Massachusetts Secretary of State filed this 20-page brief in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, in Libertarian Association of Massachusetts v Galvin, SJ-2011-0348. This is the lawsuit on whether the existing law does or does not provide … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: October 2011
In 2010, the Texas Green Party successfully petitioned for a spot on the Texas ballot, and appeared on the ballot, despite a Texas Democratic Party lawsuit that said the party’s petition drive might have been paid for by a corporation. … Continue reading
The Americans Elect web page now says the group has obtained 1,903,444 signatures on petitions to get on the ballot, so far. This contrasts with the figure of three weeks ago, which was 1,829,264. … Continue reading
Elliot Ackerman, Chief Operating Officer for Americans Elect, has this Huffington Post piece, criticizing the Electoral College. The piece also criticizes the presidential primary process used by the two major parties. … Continue reading
Filing for the New Hampshire presidential primary closes at the end of the day, Friday, October 28. So far there are 24 candidates running in the Republican presidential primary of January 10, 2012, and 12 candidates running in the Democratic … Continue reading
On November 2, at 9:15 a.m., U.S. District Court Judge Robert Dow will hear arguments in Stone v Neal, 1:10-cv-07727, which challenges Chicago ballot access laws that require 12,500 valid signatures for each of the three citywide offices, and which … Continue reading