Apr
23
2012
Source: Independent Political Report
Gary Johnson has withdrawn from speaking or appearing at the Boston Tea Party event due to the fact that another confirmed speaker, Scott Lively, at the event is against gay marriage.
Governor Johnson’s communications director, Joe Hunter, emailed IREHR this afternoon, “Having seen your article re the upcoming ‘Tea Party’ event in Boston, I wanted Read more »
Apr
23
2012
Source: Ballot Access News
On February 14, the Michigan Senate passed SB 752. Among other things, it requires qualified parties that nominate by convention to give advance notice of the dates and locations of their nominating conventions to elections officials. It has a hearing on April 24 in the House Redistricting & Elections Committee, at 9:30 a.m., in 521 House Office Building. The bill had passed unanimously in the Senate. If enacted, it goes into effect June 1, 2012. Thanks to Thomas Jones for this news.
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Apr
23
2012
Source: Ballot Access News
Since 2008, Jeff Schauer has been writing a blog about California politics and government called “California Mwananchi”. Schauer is a lecturer and a graduate student at U.C. Berkeley in history. This April 20 column discusses what California’s election system and its governmental problems.
In addition, here is another blog post about the system, from the Bookwormroom. It Read more »
Apr
23
2012
Source: Ballot Access News
On April 23, the Country Party submitted another 1,200 signatures to the Wyoming Secretary of State. Combined with the signatures already submitted, this probably means that the Country Party will probably appear on this year’s ballot. If that happens, Wyoming will have more qualified parties than it has ever had. The other qualified parties are Democratic, Republican, Americans Elect, Constitution, and Libertarian. Read more »
Apr
23
2012
Source: Ballot Access News
The lawsuit against the Washington state top-two system is now docketed in the U.S. Supreme Court. The Democratic Party’s appeal is 11-1263 and the Libertarian Party’s appeal is 11-1266. The state’s response, should it choose to submit one, is due May 21. The Court could possibly decide in June whether to hear this case, or it might put off that decision until October. Read more »
Apr
23
2012
Source: Ballot Access News
On April 23, the Pima County Board of Supervisors chose Nicholas Fontana to fill a vacant seat in the Arizona State House of Representatives. When legislative vacancies occur in Arizona, there is no special election. Instead, the county government chooses a replacement. The county must select from a list submitted to the county. When the legislator being replaced is a Democrat, the Democratic Party submits the list of possible Read more »
Apr
23
2012
Source: Ballot Access News
This Atlanta Journal-Constitution story says Cynthia McKinney will run for U.S. House this year in the 4th district (her old district) as a Green Party nominee. However, the story does not actually say that McKinney has said this publicly.
The story says the petition deadline is August 6, but actually the deadline is July 10.
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Apr
23
2012
Source: Ballot Access News
On April 23, MSNBC aired an interview with David Walker, who recently has been mentioned as someone whom Americans Elect might conceivably nominate. The interviewer is Chuck Todd, host of the Daily Rundown.
Walker says he does not want to run for President, but his demeanor seems to suggest that he doesn’t mind at all that there is a draft committee, which will be working to qualify Read more »
Apr
23
2012
Source: Ballot Access News
The June 5, 2012 California primary ballot will list all 24 candidates running for U.S. Senate. The list includes six Democrats, including incumbent Dianne Feinstein; fourteen Republicans; no independent candidates; two members of the Peace & Freedom Party; one member of the American Independent Party; one member of the Libertarian Party.
With so many candidates from many parties on the same ballot, there has been little Read more »
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Apr
23
2012
Source: Ballot Access News
On Saturday, April 21, a presidential debate was held in Los Angeles. The participants were all three Green presidential candidates who are on the California Green Party presidential primary ballot, and three of the four candidates who are seeking the Peace & Freedom Party nomination. Here is a link to the video.
Unfortunately, the sound doesn’t work for the first 14 minutes for this particular link, but it Read more »
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