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CT: GOP Appeals Secretary of State AG Race Case
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 01:18 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 12 May 2010 01:24
From the Associated Press:
The Connecticut Republican Party has filed an appeal, challenging a superior court judge’s decision last week that found Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz (BYE’-suh-witts) legally qualified to hold the office of state attorney general.
State GOP Chairman Chris Healy says the party filed the appeal on Tuesday.
He says Judge Michael Sheldon’s ruling that Bysiewicz has actively practiced law for at least 10 years is “precedent-setting” and should be reviewed.
Bysiewicz’s lawyers argued that her six years in private practice and 11 years as secretary of the state should count toward the 10-year requirement. Bysiewicz had sought the legal ruling.
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Ohio: Secretary of State Rejects Calls to Double Check Election Results
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 01:21 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 11 May 2010 01:41
From Cleveland.com:
Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner has rejected calls to double-check a portion of the May 4 primary election results.
An election law professor at Cleveland State University who proposed the audit said it is needed because the state’s voting machines are untrustworthy, and because it would dispel any notion that Brunner, who was on the ballot as a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, abused her power as the state’s elections chief.
“Auditing is one of the checks that we need on this kind of [voting] equipment,” said Candice Hoke, an election law professor at Cleveland State University. “It’s not perfect, and it’s rather foolhardy if we treat it as if it is.”
Hoke and three others who have studied and developed auditing techniques put together the audit proposal. They said it would cost about $30,000 — a fee covered by money they raised.
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CT: GOP Prods AG on Democrat Secretary of State Investigation
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 01:23 Written by rslcpol Monday, 10 May 2010 01:36
From Courant.com:
The election-year saga of Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz didn’t end with her victory in Superior Court last week: A judge said she’s eligible to run for state attorney general — but now, Republican State Chairman Chris Healy wants to know why current Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is taking so long to finish an ongoing investigation of Bysiewicz, a fellow Democrat.
And, in case you thought this was dying down, Blumenthal threw an intriguing new element into his response: There are new and unspecified allegations in a case that involves the Bysiewicz campaign’s use of a controversial database created by her taxpayer-funded office.
Blumenthal said his office “is reviewing all of the whistle-blower allegations made against the Secretary of the State, including some received very recently.”
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IA: Offices Republicans Can’t Ignore
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 01:26 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 6 May 2010 01:13
From the Iowa Republican:
State Treasurer. Secretary of State. Two important offices. Two ignored offices.
While Iowa’s political reporters are fixated on the 2010 gubernatorial race, history has taught us that he who holds the purse and he who counts the votes are powerful players in the political process. Thus, Republicans cannot afford to ignore them.
For nearly four years, Republican State Auditor David Vaudt has been warning about reckless spending by the Democrat legislature and governor. Yet he has been virtually ignored because State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald has been silent on the issue.
Television, radio, and print media outlets have paid little attention to Auditor Vaudt’s constant warnings of a rising sea of red ink. Beyond their periodic mentions of “possible inconsistencies” in the state budget, these traditional news mediums have been spiking this very newsworthy story.
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CT: Judge Says Democrat Secretary of State is Eligible for AG Run
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 01:27 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 6 May 2010 01:11
From courant.com:
A Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday that Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz is eligible to run for state attorney general.
Judge Michael R. Sheldon’s ruling sends Bysiewicz into the May 21-22 state Democratic nominating convention without the cloud of legal doubts that had been following her since she declared her candidacy for attorney general in January.
The doubts centered on whether Bysiewicz met the requirements of a state statute that says Connecticut’s attorney general must have engaged in the “active practice” of law for 10 years in the state.
The statute doesn’t define what “active practice” means — and Bysiewicz went to court for a judge’s ruling to clarify the question. Sheldon never said exactly what “active practice” means in his 93-page ruling, but at the end of it he wrote that “the plaintiff, as a Connecticut attorney-at-law since 1986 who performed the … duties of her office as Connecticut’s Secretary of the State since 1999, has engaged in active practice at the bar of this state, within the meaning of [the statute], for at least 10 years.”
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IN: Secretary of State Wins Crowded Primary for Congress
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 01:26 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 5 May 2010 01:44
From Indystar.com:
Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita will take a fundraising lead and name recognition into the fall race to succeed fellow Republican Steve Buyer in the 4th Congressional District.
Running in a crowded GOP primary, he separated himself from the field.
AdvertisementWith 97 percent of precincts reporting Tuesday, Rokita had 41 percent of the vote in a 13-candidate field. The 40-year-old Indianapolis resident is finishing his second four-year term as Indiana secretary of state this year.
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Iowa Secretary of State Announces Re-election bid
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 01:26 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 5 May 2010 10:05
From Quad City Times:
Mauro, a first-term Democrat announced his re-election campaign at the Capitol in Des Moines, Mauro met with supporters at the Blue Strawberry Coffee Co. in downtown Cedar Rapids. He also visited Davenport Tuesday afternoon.
Mauro, accompanied by former Linn County Auditor Linda Langenberg, who is his elections deputy, said he’ll run on his record of accomplishment.
“We’ve accomplished a great deal over the past three years and now is the time to continue moving forward,” he said. “I’m running for re-election because this is an important office, and I believe I have the background, qualifications and experience to continue making it work for all Iowans.”
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AR: Secretary of State Candidates Seasoned Public Servants
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 01:29 Written by rslcpol Monday, 3 May 2010 12:59
From Arkansas News:
Three Democrats with years of public service experience are vying for the party’s nomination to replace Charlie Daniels as caretaker of Arkansas’ seat of government.
In addition to maintaining the state Capitol and grounds, assisting counties with elections and serving as custodian of many state records, the Arkansas secretary of state serves with the governor and attorney general on a board that redraws legislative districts after each national census. The new officeholder will participate in redistricting next year.
The term-limited Daniels is moving on to the state auditor’s office — he did not draw an opponent of either party — after eight years as secretary of state.
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MN: GOP Endorses Secretary of State Candidate
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 01:31 Written by rslcpol Friday, 30 April 2010 01:28
From TwinCities.com:
State Rep. Dan Severson of Sauk Rapids was unanimously endorsed for secretary of state at the start of the three-day Republican state convention Thursday night in Minneapolis.
Severson was the first of three constitutional office candidates scheduled to be endorsed on the GOP convention’s opening night. The 2,000 delegates were also set to pick candidates for attorney general and state auditor.
Severson, a four-term lawmaker and former U.S. Navy fighter pilot, was unopposed. He will challenge Democratic Secretary of State Mark Ritchie in November.
Severson said his main issue would be passing a law requiring voters to present a photo identification in order to vote.
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VT: Republican Joins Secretary of State Race
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 01:30 Written by rslcpol Friday, 30 April 2010 01:24
From BurlingtonFreePress.com:
Jason Gibbs, commissioner of forests, parks and recreation, will step down May 14 to become a Republican candidate for secretary of state.
Gibbs, formerly spokesman for Gov. Jim Douglas for six years, became commissioner in November 2008.
Gibbs notified his staff of his resignation Thursday afternoon. He said he wouldn’t file to become a candidate, organize a campaign or raise money until after he steps down as commissioner.
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