TheGreenPapers.com: Preview Week of 20 to 26 June 2004
What is new and what has changed at TheGreenPapers.com ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Events - Sunday 20 June through Saturday 26 June 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 22 June 2004 ========================= South Carolina - Primary Runoff Polls close at 7 PM EDT (2300 UTC) Congress of the United States (for 109th Congress): U.S. Senate (Class 3 seat)-- No candidate having received at least 50% of the vote in the 8 June Republican Primary, there will be a runoff between the top two finishers: former Governor David Beasley (36.64%) and Congressman Jim DeMint [CD 4] (26.40%). http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/SC.phtml ========================= Utah - State/Local Primaries (Senate Class 3, Governor/Lt. Governor, 3 U.S. House Seats, Attorney General, Treasurer; Auditor) Polls close at 8 PM MDT (0200 UTC) Contested races: Statewide office: Governor/Lieutenant Governor-- Personal Choice, Republican. Congress of the United States (for 109th Congress): U.S. House of Representatives-- CD 2: Republican CD 3: Republican (incumbent) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/UT.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday 23 June through Monday 28 June 2004 Green Party 2004 National Nominating Convention Milwaukee, Wisconsin Apparent delegate tallies (provided by the Green Party) David Cobb: 226.5 Uncommitted: 151.5 Peter Camejo: 112.5 None of the Above: 86.5 Ralph Nader: 50.5 Lorna Salzman: 30 Other: 13 Kent Mesplay: 10 Carol Miller: 6.5 Paul Glover: 5 Ralph Nader has withdrawn his name from consideration as the Green Party nominee but has indicated he would welcome the party's endorsement. http://www.thegreenpapers.com/T04/#Gre ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday 26 June 2004 ========================= Iowa Democratic State Convention This the final step in allocating Iowa's 56 delegates to the Democratic National Convention. The State Convention chooses 1 unpledged add-on delegate. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/IA-D.phtml ========================= Nebraska Republican State Convention Congressional District Caucuses made up of the State Convention delegates from each of Nebraska's 3 congressional districts choose the 9 district National Convention delegates (3 per congressional district). The State Convention as a whole selects 23 (10 base at-large plus 13 bonus) at-large delegates to the Republican National Convention. Prospective delegates must indicate their Presidential Preference and are bound to vote for that candidate for the first 2 ballots at the National Convention. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/NE-R.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This concludes the 2004 delegate selection process for the Democratic and Republican National Conventions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 26 July - Thursday 29 July 2004 ========================= 44th Democratic National Convention http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P04/D.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 30 August - Thursday 2 September 2004 ========================= 38th Republican National Convention http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P04/R.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recap of the past week ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday 16 June 2004 ========================= Vox Populi (Letters to the Editor) Could the Parties Institute a National Presidential Preference Primary? by Dominick Schirripa http://www.thegreenpapers.com/Vox/?20040616-0 ========================= North Carolina Governor Mark Easley has called a special election for 20 July 2004, the date of the state's primary, to fill the vacant House seat in CD 1. The winner of this special election will serve the remainder of former Democratic Congressman Frank W. Ballance, Jr.'s term, which expires in January 2005. Congressman Ballance resigned on 11 June for health reasons. Candidates: G.K. Butterfield (Democrat), Greg Dority (Republican), Tom Eisenmenger (Libertarian). http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G04/NC.phtml#H01 ========================= Friday 18 June 2004 Connecticut Supreme Court rules Governor Rowland can be compelled to testify before legislative Impeachment committee The Connecticut Supreme Court, that State's court of Last Resort, by a 5-2 vote today rejected legal arguments made on behalf of Governor John Rowland (R-Connecticut)- who is being investigated for accepting gifts from state contractors and other state employees- to the effect that the State's Chief Executive cannot be compelled to testify before a committee of the State House of Representatives looking into whether or not the Governor should be impeached by the full House and thereafter tried, with the punishment upon conviction being removal from office, by the State Senate. Governor Rowland argued that a subpoena from the lower house's Select Committee of Inquiry violates the Separation of Powers doctrine inherent in the State's Constitution: this doctrine holds that one branch of the government (Legislative, Executive or Judicial) cannot constitutionally interfere with another branch's prerogatives, powers and authority. The Select Committee argued, however, that- since the Constitution of Connecticut specifically gives the power of impeachment and removal of a Governor to the General Assembly (as both houses of the Connecticut legislature are together known)- legislative use of the subpoena power against the executive does not at all violate Separation of Powers and that, indeed, the legislature could not properly exercise these very functions were Separation of Powers such a bar to their ability to compel a Governor to testify simply because he is part of another branch of the State's government. A majority on the State's highest Court effectively accepted the Select Committee's legal argument. This decision marks the first time in American History that a sitting Chief Executive of a State has been ordered by the State's Judiciary to answer to a subpoena issued by its Legislature. It is yet unclear what Governor Rowland will now do but members of both Major Parties on the Select Committee have indicated that they could now treat the Governor's failing to appear before the committee as potential grounds for an Article of Impeachment based on Obstruction of Justice. Spokesmen for the Governor have indicated the weekend will pass before Mr. Rowland's intentions in this regard are made public. This case has garnered much interest among the legal and political community nationwide because there has never before been a clear judicial determination in any State- nor on the Federal level- as to whether or not the Separation of Powers doctrine is, in fact, a bar to a legislature issuing a subpoena compelling a sitting Chief Executive to testify before it. The Select Committee has until Wednesday 30 June to issue its recommendations to the full Connecticut House of Representatives as to whether or not Governor Rowland should be impeached. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/CT.phtml#G ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reference Pages ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Major Parties' Presidential Nomination Process (Democrats, Republicans) http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P04/ Elections for Statewide offices and Congress http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G04/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Upcoming 2004 Federal and Statewide Primary and Runoff Elections http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/events.phtml?format=chronological ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 29 June 2004 ========================= Alabama - Run-off from 1 June Primaries (U.S. House CD 5) No candidate received 50% or more of the vote in the 1 June 2004 primary. The two top vote getters, Gerald "Gerry" Wallace (45.18%) and Stephen P. Engel (40.20%), will proceed to a 29 June runoff. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/AL.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 20 July 2004 ========================= North Carolina - Primary (Senate Class 3, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, 13 U.S. House Seats, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treasurer, Auditor, Commissioner of Agriculture, Commissioner of Insurance, Commissioner of Labor, Superintendent of Public Instruction) Should no candidate receive 50% or more of the vote in the 20 July primary, the 2 top vote getters will proceed to a 17 August runoff election. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/NC.phtml ========================= Georgia - Primary (Senate Class 3, 13 U.S. House Seats) Should no candidate receive 50% or more of the vote in the 20 July primary, the 2 top vote getters will proceed to a 10 August runoff election. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/GA.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 27 July 2004 ========================= Oklahoma - Primary (Senate Class 3, 5 U.S. House Seats, Corporation Commissioner [term expiring in 2004]) Should no candidate receive 50% or more of the vote in the 27 July primary, the 2 top vote getters will proceed to a 24 August runoff election. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/OK.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 3 August 2004 ========================= Michigan - Primary (15 U.S. House Seats) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/MI.phtml ========================= Missouri - Primary (Senate Class 3, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, 9 U.S. House Seats, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treasurer) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/MO.phtml ========================= Kansas - Primary (Senate Class 3, 4 U.S. House Seats) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/KS.phtml |