Without issuing an actual opinion on the law itself, the Supreme Court of the United States on Monday granted an application to stay a district court's ruling that would have blocked controversial early voting legislation in Ohio. The law in question, passed by a Republican-controlled legislature and signed into law by Republican Governor John Kasich, cuts early voting by a week, from 35 days to 28 days.

With over a million dollars being spent and plenty of attacks from both sides, the race in California's 52nd Congressional District has only just started to heat up with less than 40 days left until Election Day. Democratic U.S. Representative Scott Peters, who is about to finish his first term in Congress, is defending his incumbency against Republican candidate Carl DeMaio.

Do you support the Republicans or Democrats? Most likely you don’t support either. According to the Florida state department of election, there were, as of July 28, 2014, 4,144,186 Republicans and 4,599,326 Democrats. There were also 2,715,736 registered NPA (no party affiliation) voters, and 358,089 people registered with third parties (also known as minor parties) for a total of 3,073,825 voters not affiliated with either major party.

This article is the second in a series of articles on California judicial elections. The first one looked at the judicial election process for the Supreme Court and courts of appeal.

 

 

 

This article looks at the election process for Superior Court judges (i.e. trial court judges). Trial court judges preside over trials and hearings in all criminal and civil cases, including family, probate, mental health, juvenile, and traffic cases. During FY 2012–2013, nearly 8 million cases were filed in Superior Court.

This campaign has opened my eyes to the many and varied opinions that voters across Nebraska think about when they are deciding on their votes. Since I am working on an independent candidate’s campaign, I have been exposed to the hesitation that many voters show when faced with the alternative option of voting for an independent candidate.

Voting binds us together.

What binds us together more than our history of striving for freedom, our bond of exercising our free will for a better life, or our rights guaranteed by our constitution?

What tool do we have to protect and maintain our freedom to live as we choose? Our vote!