Category:May 2012
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Pages in category "May 2012"
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- 2012 elections preview: Amendment 1 in the spotlight as sole ballot question in North Carolina primary
- 2012 elections preview: Arkansas voters to select primary winners in congressional, legislative races
- 2012 elections preview: Idaho voters prepare for congressional and legislative primaries
- 2012 elections preview: Indiana voters to select winners in congressional, legislative primaries
- 2012 elections preview: Kentucky voters to select primary winners in congressional, legislative races
- 2012 elections preview: Nebraska voters prepare for congressional and legislative primaries
- 2012 elections preview: Oregon voters prepare for congressional and legislative primaries
- 2012 elections preview: Oregonians prepare to choose state executive nominees at the polls tomorrow
- 2012 elections preview: Texas voters to select winners in congressional, legislative primaries
- 2012 elections preview: West Virginia voters to select winners in congressional, legislative primaries
- 2012 elections preview: What to watch for in North Carolina congressional and legislative primaries
- 2012 elections review: Big defeats for two incumbents in OR legislative primaries
- 2012 elections review: Five incumbents ousted in ID legislative primaries
- 2012 elections review: Incumbents safe in NE legislative primaries
- 2012 elections review: Little surprise in West Virginia primaries
- 2012 elections review: Lugar's defeat in U.S. Senate primary headlines Indiana primaries
- 2012 elections review: One incumbent toppled in Kentucky primaries
- 2012 elections review: Several incumbents toppled in Texas primaries
- 2012 elections review: Six incumbent state reps toppled in NC legislative primaries
- 2012 elections review: Two incumbents defeated in Arkansas primaries
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- ACLU sues Maine prison guards
- AL Supreme Court permits civil actions for wrongful death of non-viable unborn children
- Amendment on public pensions passes to Illinois voters
- Another Wyoming county to send sales tax increase to voters
- Appeals court judges square off in Arkansas Supreme Court race
- Attorney chosen for judgeship
- Attorney General Jim Hood threatens to sue over Mississippi Sunshine Law
- Ayala joins Connecticut State Senate race
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- California polls show support for Proposition 28 and 29
- Candidate filing period opens in Vermont
- Chief Justice McGrath to appoint one of five applicants to new water court position
- Client asks to use alligators in defense
- Colorado Day of Prayer ruled unconstitutional
- Congressional candidate with unusual name to appear on Florida ballots
- Connecticut legislators want to bring back GPS monitoring for violent offenders
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- Delaware legislators consider extending tax increases
- Delaware Legislature takes up campaign finance and lobbying disclosure
- Delaware Supreme Court rules heiress cannot adopt ex-husband to increase inheritance claim
- Democrats choose nominees for West Virginia Supreme Court
- Democrats in New Jersey's 10th gather union endorsements
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- False testimony leads to freedom for novelist accused of murder
- Family court judge to be removed from office after pension fully vests
- Federal Courts, Empty Benches:The Wednesday Vacancy Count 5/16/2012
- Federal Courts, Empty Benches:The Wednesday Vacancy Count 5/2/2012
- Federal Courts, Empty Benches:The Wednesday Vacancy Count 5/23/2012
- Federal Courts, Empty Benches:The Wednesday Vacancy Count 5/30/2012
- Federal Courts, Empty Benches:The Wednesday Vacancy Count 5/9/2012
- Field is set for Washington's nine state executive blanket primaries
- Fifteen primary runoff elections to be held in North Carolina, one declined
- Florida courts to silence "tweeting" jurors
- Former AL Supreme Court Justice Almon passes away at 74
- Former Colorado Justice honored with the John Marshall Award
- Former Governor Lingle files for U.S. Senate
- Four Indiana Democrats charged with forgery
- Four Missouri initiatives submit signatures by deadline
- Four statewide ballot measures scheduled to appear on North Dakota's primary ballot
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- Gay prosecutor rejected for Virginia judgeship
- Georgia Superior Court judge William Lee retires amid investigation
- Georgia Supreme Court to have new Chief Justice for two months
- GOP primary race intensifies in Kentucky's 4th congressional district
- Gov. Chafee recognizes out of state gay marriages
- Governor Brown appoints 17 judges
- Governor fills two Kansas District Court positions
- Governor rejects pay raise for Oklahoma judges
- Group's standing asserted in case against Fargo's Ten Commandments monument
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- Hawaii Supreme Court Associate Justice and Circuit Court Judge Nominees Announced
- Hawaii: Too late to start over if maps are discarded
- Head of Wisconsin Judicial Commission John Dawson denied reappointment
- High court rules against employee in Tennessee workers' comp case
- Homicide suspect seeks prison change
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- Idaho appellate judges set for another term
- Idaho initiative petition drive deadline arrives, no filings expected
- Idaho initiatives must wait until 2014 as no signatures filed by deadline
- Illinois House passes measure to change campaign finance laws
- Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission names Brent Dickson next Chief Judge
- Iowa leaders consider holding special session
- Iowa legislator appointed state drug czar, retires early
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- Jacqueline Nguyen confirmed to Ninth Circuit
- JP Election Brief: All about appellate courts
- JP Election Brief: Candidates filing in Michigan, Kentucky, Washington and more!
- JP Election Brief: Focus on the Gulf States and Northwest
- JP Election Brief: Results from North Carolina and West Virginia (and more!)
- JP Election Brief: Results from Texas and more!
- Judge Lavery elevated to Wyoming District Court
- Judge Oxenhandler declares manifest injustice in 1990 murder case, urging new trial
- Judge Shonkwiler to retire
- Judge Thompson accepts plea deal in Ted Nugent case
- Judge Vampola applies for Court of Appeals
- Judicial candidates prepare for the final stretch: A summary of Oregon's contested 2012 judicial races
- Justice Breyer a victim of robbery for second time in 2012
- Justice Joan Orie Melvin suspended from Pennsylvania Supreme Court
- Justice Michael Cherry becomes Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice
- Justice Roggensack recuses herself from Prosser ethics case
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- Maine legislator takes week absence, fellow lawmaker drops protection order
- Maine water master appointed to aid in dispute between Kansas, Nebraska
- Ballotpedia:Making sense of the May 15, 2012 primaries
- Ballotpedia:Making sense of the May 8, 2012 elections
- Maryland accelerates adoption of solar energy
- Maryland redistricting still causing a stir
- Massachusetts "right to repair" bill passes Senate
- Massachusetts high court says public strip search illegal
- Massachusetts warns jurors about social media use
- Matchups set for six recalls in Wisconsin
- Ballotpedia:May 7 twitter discussion including North Carolina Amendment 1 and other May 8 elections
- Michigan panel recommends judicial campaign reform
- Mine permit arguments heard by West Virginia judge
- Minnesota man sentenced for threatening a deputy
- Mississippi clerk fined $10k
- Mississippi laws to take effect this summer
- Montana Secretary of State reminds voters of ballot deadline
- Mother of missing girl sentenced for welfare fraud
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- Nebraska state executive races decided in primary
- Nevada approves driver-less car
- Nevada Supreme Court will decide killer dog's fate
- Nevada survey indicates appetite for more transparency
- New Alabama legislative districts likely to help maintain GOP gains
- New chief justice on the Oregon Supreme Court
- New judge sought for Illinois 6th Circuit Court
- New Mexico Governor in small plane accident on return from campaign event for state primary candidate
- New Mexico judge banned from restaurant after fight
- New York town violated separation of church and state
- NH Executive Council approves Bassett for seat on NH Supreme Court
- NH Senator Stiles announces re-election bid
- Ninth Circuit annual judicial conference in Hawaii draws questions from U.S. Senators over cost
- NJ Judge Minkowitz blocks access to a cell phone password under the 5th amendment
- No hope for a raise in New York's minimum wage
- Nominee named to fill Sandy City Justice Court vacancy
- North Dakota medical marijuana petition submitted for circulation
- Nuffer becomes Utah's newest federal court judge
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- Pascrell and Rothman seek to distinguish themselves ahead of June 5 primary
- Pennsylvania could go modern with new electronic filing measure
- Pennsylvania state executive candidates shift gears post-primary
- Petition drive deadline arrives for initiated state statutes in Michigan
- Petition filing deadline arrives in Illinois
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- Ballotpedia:Recap of the wild May 8, 2012 primary elections
- Republican candidates for Texas Railroad Commission head to a runoff
- Republicans seek to retain slim majority in Minnesota House
- Residents in Oklahoma can soon petition for recalling officials
- Retirement changes pass Louisiana Senate committee
- RI Supreme Court rules on designated driver case
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- S.C. Senate approves additional judgeships
- Same-sex marriage decision to heat up retention vote once again
- SC Supreme Court removes nearly 180 candidates from ballot
- SD Judge allows State Democratic Senate Candidate on the ballot, despite flaws in nominating petition
- Second New Jersey Supreme Court nominee to face committee
- Senate Democrat to face stiff primary challenge
- Sentencing date for former director of whaling commission set for end of July
- Seven measures sent to the ballot by Arizona state legislature
- Seventh Judicial District vacancy announced by Commission on Judicial Selection
- Six of North Carolina's state executive races headed to a primary runoff
- Some Idaho voters avoid closed primary
- South Dakota Secretary of State reminds voters to register
- South Dakota Supremes rule that avoiding DUI checkpoint not sufficient cause to pull over a vehicle
- Southwest Georgia counties to decide on new tax in July
- Special session begins, taxes likely to go up
- Spokane Council amends local initiative process
- State attorneys general meet to reaffirm Vermont-New Hampshire border
- State executive primary preview: Five of West Virginia's six incumbents seek re-election
- State executive primary preview: More than Amendment One on the ballot in North Carolina tomorrow
- State executive primary preview: No surprises in Indiana tomorrow
- State Legislative Tracker: Alabama passes redistricting maps for 2014 elections
- State Legislative Tracker: Maryland set to start special session on May 14
- State Legislative Tracker: North Carolina the last state to convene 2012 session
- State Legislative Tracker: Six states have held primaries
- Surge of moderate GOP delegates hurts Utah's most conservative
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- Tennessee candidate takes residency dispute to Supreme Court
- Tennessee law eases ballot access for new parties
- The Tuesday Count: 2012 ballot measure total hits the century mark
- The Tuesday Count: Ballot measure total hits the century mark
- The Tuesday Count: First ballot measure election of 2012 headlines busy week
- The Tuesday Count: One western state sees measure certification, other has initiative deadline arrive
- The Tuesday Count: Previous drizzle of ballot-certified measures quickly turns into flood
- The Tuesday Count: Two measures perform disappearing act from ballot measure total
- Three Senior Federal Judges pass away in past week
- Three vie for open seat on the Montana Public Service Commission
- Tom Horne caught in the middle of budget controversy
- Tomblin, Maloney, Helmick and Hall advance to the general election in West Virginia
- Triple homicide case to return to court
- Twitter discussion about North Carolina elections to start May 7 at 4 p.m. EST
