A U.S. District Court is set to, in late April, hold a trial in the case of Block v. Mollis. The main issue of the case is whether or not there’s any state interest in making it illegal to circulate a petition for a new party in an odd year. According to the [...]

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Thanks to Ballot Access News for this info:
Oregon House Passes National Popular Vote Bill
March 12th, 2009
On March 12, the Oregon House passed HB 2588 by a vote of 39-19. This is the National Popular Vote bill…

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The Connecticut Day is reporting that a fledgling party in Rhode Island, the Moderate Party, has been asked by the state of Rhode Island to provide information about “membership and structure” in order to determine if it has standing in a ballot access case.  The party has filed suit against the state, with the backing [...]

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The Babylon Greens are hosting Dr. Scott Carlin, the founder of the Long Island Climate Solutions Network, speaking about Global Warming: How Immediate is the Crisis? at the Pisces Café, 14A Railroad Avenue, Babylon, NY on Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 7pm
Carlin says
If we continue on the same path, we will soon face a [...]

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A blog post at Broward Palm Beach.com reports that Sarah Roman, a candidate who won the Florida Green Party’s ballot slot simply by filing the necessary fee, is represented by attorney Jeff Lucas. Roman has been told by Pasco Circuit Judge Stanley Mills that she must provide the Green Party with financial information to [...]

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Peg Luksik is a conservative activist in Pennsylvania who ran for Governor three times in the 90’s, and who is now running against Arlen Specter for the open US Senate seat in Pennsylvania. She ran for Governor in 1990 as a Republican and captured 44%. In 1994 she ran as independent with connections to the [...]

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