Oct
25
2011
Source: Green Party Watch
The Illinois Green Party, and congressional candidate Laurel Lambert Schmidt, on Monday filed suit against the State Board of Elections over the Board’s interpretation of the “established party” statute. A victory for the plaintiffs would substantially lower ballot access bars for Green candidates in numerous congressional and legislative districts across the state, which would allow for Read more »
Oct
25
2011
Source: Ballot Access News
Ballotpedia has this very useful analysis of the regularly-scheduled state legislative elections. The study finds that in 42.6% of the races, only one major party candidate is running in the general election. This is even worse than the norm in even-numbered election years, when many more states hold regularly-scheduled legislative elections. Generally, in even-numbered years, between 32% Read more »
Oct
25
2011
Source: Ballot Access News
Kentucky elects its statewide state officers on November 8, 2011. There are three candidates on the ballot for the combined office of Governor/Lieutenant Governor. On October 24, a televised debate was held for the three candidates for Lieutenant Governor (Republican, Democratic, independent). See this story. There will be another three-way gubernatorial debate soon. Read more »
Oct
25
2011
Source: Ballot Access News
Americans Elect has announced a series of press conferences around the nation, to increase its own visibility, and to make its nomination process clearer to the public. The first event is at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on November 2. Four more events in November are at these locations: (1) Harvard University, Institute of Politics at the Kennedy School, on November 7; (2) Read more »
Oct
25
2011
Source: Ballot Access News
On October 24, Michael Osborne, an independent candidate for the Virginia legislature next month, filed a lawsuit in state court against the state’s discriminatory laws on checking signatures.
In Virginia, all candidates running in a primary must petition to get on the primary ballot, but the petitions are not checked for validity. Independent Read more »
Oct
25
2011
Source: Ballot Access News
On October 24, the Illinois Green Party filed a lawsuit in state court in Chicago to preserve its qualified party status in the U.S. House and state legislative districts in which it polled 5% in November 2010. Illinois law says if a party polls at least 5% for a district office, then that party is automatically qualified in that district in the next election. Read more »
