News from Ohio: “It looks like former Butler County Commissioner Greg Jolivette won’t be on the November ballot for Ohio’s 51st House District. The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati on Friday affirmed a recent district court decision … Continue reading
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This item appears at FairVote. See also this related amicus brief. … Continue reading
WaPo reports. Initially, Maryland Democrats said they would be able to pick a new candidate to replace Rosen on the ballot as long as they did so by Sept. 27, 40 days before Election Day. But while Maryland Election Law … Continue reading
Clever! … Continue reading
Ballot Access News reports. Johnson was three minutes too late in trying to withdraw his name from the Republican ballot. … Continue reading
Center for Public Integrity: “Dark-horse presidential candidates Gary Johnson and Virgil Goode may not be household names, but with a little help from super PACs, they could peel away precious support from Republican Mitt Romney and possibly even President Barack Obama in some key … Continue reading
Ballot Access News reports. … Continue reading
Politico reports. … Continue reading
The Fix reports. … Continue reading
That’s the lead story in this month’s issue of Ballot Access News. This will eventually be on line, but there is a lag between the print and online version. But you want this news now, especially before the election. What … Continue reading
If Colorado remains close, this will be an issue to watch—both in terms of the potential for issues with ballot layout/design/voter confusion and the potential for minor or independent candidates to affect the Romney/Obama totals.. … Continue reading
The indispensable Richard Winger of Ballot Access News and a few other plaintiffs have been hit with attorneys fees for bringing a lawsuit in state court challenging aspects of California’s top two primary. I am on the opposite side of … Continue reading
See here. … Continue reading
TIME: “Goode is running for president on the Constitution Party ticket, and his candidacy has Republicans sweating: Goode is pulling fully 9% of Virginia’s vote, according to a mid-July Public Policy Polling survey, leaving Obama ahead of Romney 49% to … Continue reading
This item appears at WaPo’s Wonkblog. … Continue reading
NYT on the Green Party. … Continue reading
News of a very intriguing change in California’s election law, “to elevate any initiative with a constitutional impact to a more prominent spot on the ballot, right beneath bond measures.” I smell a call for empirical experimentation… … Continue reading
The Orlando Sentinel has this story on a state law that allows all voters to vote in a party’s primary where only that party fields candidates, unless there’s a write-in candidate. It reports that “Republicans and Democrats alike have used the write-in tactic to … Continue reading
Worth a read (via Richard Winger). … Continue reading
Interesting TPM report. … Continue reading
Richard Winger blogs about what he terms a “a short, thoughtless opinion in Libertarian Party v District of Columbia Board of Elections” from Judge Tatel for a unanimous D.C. Circuit panel. … Continue reading
Roll Call reports. … Continue reading
Detroit News: “U.S. Rep. Thad McCotter on Saturday said he is ending his write-in campaign for the 11th Congressional District, a decision that ends his re-election bid in a week that that began with the Secretary of State’s office determining … Continue reading
Mercury News: “They’ve been a colorful part of California’s political landscape for decades — Greens, Libertarians, American Independents and members of the Peace and Freedom Party. But after Tuesday’s election, most of them will be all but invisible — and … Continue reading
Politico reports. The underreported story so far of the presidential campaign: (Where) might Gary Johnson make a difference? … Continue reading
Roll Call: “Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich.) is at risk of losing his place on the Aug. 7 primary ballot due to problems with his petition signatures, wreaking havoc on the GOP’s once secure hold on his seat.” … Continue reading
John Lumea blogs. … Continue reading
Who was it who said that the people are revolting? Mel Brooks? … Continue reading
ACLU of Southern California: “Today, a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction in the case of California Justice Committee, v. Bowen, prohibiting the California secretary of state from enforcing a January deadline by which new political parties must meet onerous … Continue reading
TPM reports. … Continue reading
Unbelievable. … Continue reading
ABC News reports. WaPo has the group’s statement, which at least some opponents of AE thinks leaves wiggle room for something. After all, as Ken Vogel noted on Twitter, the group has a nice package of ballot access in a … Continue reading
When is Tom Friedman’s column running when he explains why Americans Elect was not the next big thing? Weigel explains what went wrong. … Continue reading
The discussion continues, even if Americans Elect may not. … Continue reading
“Tom Friedman said Americans Elect would be Amazon.com & an iPod wrapped up in the blogosphere. And now it’s Pets.com.” Peter Hart, via The Guardian. … Continue reading
The following press release arrived via email: A Statement by Americans Elect CEO Kahlil Byrd 12:01 A.M., MAY 15, 2012 – Over the past two years, Americans Elect has focused on achieving three clear goals: · Gaining nationwide ballot access … Continue reading
See this Time piece and Buddy Roemer’s desperate tweet. … Continue reading
BLT: “The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has denied former presidential candidate Ralph Nader’s latest attempt to set aside a Pennsylvania court’s judgment against him related to his 2004 run for president.” … Continue reading
AE Transparency explains. See also With Failures Rapidly Mounting, What Is Americans Elect’s End-Game? … Continue reading
Press release: “Today, the ACLU of Southern California is filing suit against California Secretary of State Debra Bowen on behalf of the Justice Party and the Constitution Party of California, which seek to have their nominees for President and Vice … Continue reading
The State reports [corrected link]. … Continue reading
David Karpf has this oped at TechPresident. … Continue reading
Politico on Americans Elect: Third-party candidate for POTUS: Anyone? Walker? … Continue reading
AP reports. … Continue reading
AEI Transparency reports. … Continue reading
He makes his case atThe Atlantic Wire. Earlier, Lessig and I had an exchange about the serious problems I have with Americans Elect’s transparency and its democracy deficit. I have also discussed Lessig’s campaign finance reform ideas in detail in … Continue reading
Weigel. … Continue reading
Richard Winger has the documents. … Continue reading
Politico reports. … Continue reading
See Jim Cook and AE Transparency. … Continue reading