Supreme Court Justice Souter to retire and Reaction of ballot access expert

Reports say that Justice Souter will retire from the Supreme Court at the end of term in June. Link to commentary by Richard Winger of Ballot Access News about Souter, ballot access, and third party and independent candidates.

Injustice in West Virginia:

(excerpt from) Ballot Access News West Virginia Legislators Introduce Clearly Unconstitutional Election Law Bills February 17th, 2009 Recently, two election law bills have been introduced in the West Virginia legislature that are clearly unconstitutional. Senators Robert Williams (D-Bridgeport) and Robert Plymale (D-Ceredo) have introduced SB 271, to require declared write-in candidates to pay a filing […]

US Supreme Court accepts challenge to Voting Rights Act

Found this at The Batts Report and confirmed at Ballot Access News. This is not good news for voting protection… from The Batts Report A challenge to The Voting Rights Act January 9, 2009 WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced Friday that it will hear a challenge to the landmark 1965 voting rights act, paving […]

The world must see al-Zeidi. The world should watch his life story video.

Sign petition to support al-Zeidi: here at CodePink. KW: I am extremely concerned that the world was promised a “court appearance” by the eloquent shoe-thrower, Muntader al-Zeidi. Yet, he never appeared. The court only claimed that he had seen a judge with a court-appointed lawyer. Since there are conflicting accounts on if he was beaten […]

What does Nader do between elections?: Fight bad ballot laws

Two articles from Ballot Access News with updates on the Nader ballot access lawsuits. Related posts and video at the read more. December 5, 2008 it is reported at BAN that: Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Won’t Re-Open Nader $80,000 Court Costs from 2004 On December 4, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth refused to re-open the matter of whether […]

Petitioning victory: Do you have a right to petition there?

Yes! Now, if your local arts organization, chamber of commerce, or non-profit has a festival or fair, you have a right to petition on the public property. It is their responsibility to hang a sign saying that they are not connected to you! This is a great decision for third party activists, and people who […]

A side effect of Election 2008: Marijuana in Massachussetts

Thanks to WBAI producer and Cynthia McKinney supporter Don Debar, of Ossining NY, for bringing our attention to the story below. The Green Party supports the legalization of marijuana. With the 2006 Governor’s race, the Green Party of New York State‘s Governor Candidate, Malachy McCourt, had as a campaign issue, the legalization of marijuana for […]