On September 4, the Maine Libertarian Party and Bob Barr filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court, against the August 8 petition deadline for independent presidential petitions. Libertarian Party of Maine v Dunlap, 1:08-cv-288. Maine has two statutory deadlines, an … Continue reading
The Independent Green Party of Virginia, which is not a qualified party, circulated a petition for president earlier this year naming Michael Bloomberg for president and Ron Paul for vice-president. Virginia permits substitution. Late in August, Ron Paul asked the … Continue reading
On September 4, the 1st Circuit ruled that an appeal on the bilingual ballot issue fails, for procedural reasons. Therefore, the ruling of the U.S. District Court remains, and Puerto Rico must print this year’s ballots (and future ballots) in … Continue reading
On September 5, the Delaware Chancery Court in Sussex County ruled that the Independent Party of Delaware’s nominating convention this year was conducted properly. An activist of that party who was not happy about the party’s choice of a gubernatorial … Continue reading
As most regular readers are aware, on July 10, the Pennsylvania Attorney General indicted a dozen state employees for doing partisan political work on government time, with government computers and other resources. Some of that partisan political work was participating … Continue reading
