On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court is extremely likely to announce whether it will hear two election law cases: 1. Bartlett v Strickland, 07-689, a North Carolina districting case; 2. Citizens United v Federal Election Commission, 07-953, a case involving … Continue reading
On March 12, Dennis Kucinich filed this brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th circuit, in his Texas primary ballot access case. Kucinich had been excluded from the Texas Democratic presidential primary because he wouldn’t sign an oath, pledging … Continue reading
Alaska Representative Max Gruenberg’s bill to improve ballot access has a hearing at 8 am on March 20, Thursday. The bill eases the definition of “political party”, and is HB 402. The current definition is extremely complicated and was last … Continue reading
Indiana requires presidential primary candidates to submit 4,500 signatures in order to appear on a major party presidential primary. Furthermore, there must be 500 signatures from each of the state’s 9 U.S. House districts. John McCain’s petition was upheld on … Continue reading
The U.S. District Court in Hawaii held a trial all day March 10, and part of the day March 11, in Nader v Cronin. The issue is the state’s arbitrary method for determining whether a signature on a ballot access … Continue reading
