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Colorado Constitution Party Suffers from Being a Qualified Major Party 27 Aug 2013 | 08:08 am
This article in the Daily Sentinel of Grand Junction, Colorado, says the Constitution Party has suffered from being a qualified major party. The party is a major party because it polled over 10% of th...
Tennessee Green Party Sues to Overturn Law on Government Photo-ID Card for Voters at Polls 27 Aug 2013 | 05:21 am
On August 26, the Green Party of Tennessee filed a federal lawsuit against Tennessee’s law that requires voters at the polls to show certain kinds of government photo-ID. The case is in the eastern di...
Proposed Constitutional Amendment on Right to Vote Only Has 18 Co-Sponsors in U.S. House 27 Aug 2013 | 04:07 am
On May 14, Congressman Mark Pocan (D-Wisconsin) introduced HJR 44, a proposed Constitutional Amendment putting the right to vote into the Constitution. As of August 26, it only has 18 co-sponsors. Ten...
California Legislature Repeals All Residency Requirements for Petitioners 27 Aug 2013 | 03:48 am
On August 26, the California Assembly unanimously passed SB 213, which removes all residency requirements for petitioners of all types of petition. The bill now goes to the Governor. Also on August 26...
WethePeople Project Founded to Advance Voting Rights and Other Basic Rights for Residents of U.S. Territories and D.C. 27 Aug 2013 | 03:39 am
Earlier this year, the We the People Project was established by Neal Weare and others, to advance voting rights and other basic constitutional rights for Americans who live in the overseas territories...
Final Briefs Filed in U.S. Supreme Court in McCutcheon v Federal Election Commission 26 Aug 2013 | 11:33 pm
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on October 8 in McCutcheon v Federal Election Commission. Here is the reply brief of the Republican National Committee, and here is Shaun McCutcheon’s r...
Kentucky Libertarian Party Likely to Petition in 2014 for U.S. Senate 26 Aug 2013 | 09:16 pm
A Kentucky Libertarian, David Patterson, has announced his intention to win the party’s U.S. Senate nomination for 2014 and to appear on the ballot. If he gets the required 5,000 signatures, he will b...
Oral Argument Set in Pennsylvania Case Over Whether Independent Candidates Must Use a Substitution Committee 26 Aug 2013 | 08:44 pm
The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court will hear arguments in Nomination Papers of Nevin Mindlin, 1392 C.D. 2013, on September 12, Thursday, at 9:30 a.m. in Harrisburg. This is the case over whether inde...
Richmond Times-Dispatch Mentions that Gary Johnson Endorsed Rob Sarvis 26 Aug 2013 | 04:21 am
Last week, former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, who is now a Libertarian, endorsed Rob Sarvis, the Libertarian Party nominee for Governor of Virginia. That was enough to get a fairly short article...
Des Moines Register Story on Centrist Party 25 Aug 2013 | 08:25 pm
The Des Moines Register has this story about Professor Charles Wheelan’s Centrist Party, and how it is organizing in Iowa and some other states.
