On April 4, the Hamilton County, Ohio, Board of Elections voted to appeal the lawsuit over provisional votes to the U.S. Supreme Court. See this story. Thanks to Rick Hasen’s ElectionLawBlog for the link. As Rick says, if the U.S. … Continue reading
On April 4, the Arizona Senate Rules Committee passed HB 2304. The bill had already passed the House and the Senate Judiciary Committee. Among many other unrelated election law changes, it allows a newly-qualifying party to be on the ballot … Continue reading
On April 4, the 7th circuit heard Stone v Neal, 11-1085, a case that challenges the requirement that all candidates for Chicago citywide offices need 12,500 signatures to get on the ballot. The elections are non-partisan. During the hearing, the … Continue reading
On April 4, the Libertarian Party filed a notice of appeal in Libertarian Party v D.C. Board of Elections. The issue is whether the D.C. Board must count write-in votes for President in November, for write-in presidential candidates who have … Continue reading
On April 1, the Idaho Senate State Affairs Committee passed HB 275 unanimously. The bill had passed the House earlier. It is the Secretary of State’s omnibus election law bill. Among other things, it lowers the number of signatures for … Continue reading
