On February 5, a 3-judge U.S. District Court issued an opinion in Harris v McCrory, m.d., 1:13cv-949. It found that North Carolina’s U.S. House district boundaries for the First and Twelfth Districts violate the Fourteenth Amendment. The decision gives the … Continue reading
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On February 5, the South Dakota Senate State Affairs Committee passed SB 95 by a vote of 4-2. The bill says candidates for Governor, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and legislature may avoid petitioning if they pay a filing fee of … Continue reading
On February 5, U.S. District Court Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove issued a 22-page opinion in Libertarian National Committee v Holiday, e.d., 14-63. The issue is whether Kentucky Educational TV excluded the Libertarian Party nominee for U.S. Senate from Kentucky, … Continue reading
On February 4, the Florida Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in Brinkmann v Francois, SC14-1899. It agrees with the Florida State Court of Appeals that write-in candidates in general elections are “real” candidates. The case arose because Florida has … Continue reading
For the 2016 election, Delaware requires parties to have at least 653 registered voters. The February 1 tally shows the Greens only have 631, below the requirement. However the party has until August to increase its registration. … Continue reading
Only Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders submitted petitions to be on the New York Democratic presidential primary. The deadline was February 4. So far, the New York Democratic presidential primary is the first major party ballot in 2016 with only … Continue reading