On October 1, the Michigan Secretary of State filed this brief in Gelineau v Ruth Johnson, the Libertarian Party ballot access case. The brief asserts in the beginning that the idea that straight-ticket votes for the Libertarian Party should be … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: October 2012
Reason Magazine has this commentary by Jerome D. Tuccille, about the corporate sponsors who have told the Commission on Presidential Debates they no longer support the Commission. Thanks to Bill Van Allen for the link. … Continue reading
On April 3, 2012, the Peace & Freedom Party had filed a federal lawsuit in Sacramento, to overturn the California Secretary of State’s decision to bar Peta Lindsay from the party’s presidential primary ballot. U.S. District Court Judge Garland Burrell … Continue reading
Greg Jan of the California Green Party has initiated this on-line petition, asking Secretary of State Debra Bowen to speak out in favor of restoring write-in space to the California general election ballot. The California legislature earlier this year passed … Continue reading
On October 1, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the appeal filed by the Washington state Democratic Party, and the Washington state Libertarian Party, against the top-two primary system. Technically, this means that the U.S. Supreme Court has not … Continue reading