On September 5, the Eighth Circuit enjoined a Minnesota campaign finance law that requires organizations that spend as much as $100 per year on independent expenditures about candidates for state and/or local office to have a separate bank account for … Continue reading
On September 6, an Illinois state court put three candidates on the ballot in Jackson County, Illinois. The Jackson County Election Board had kept them off the ballot because their nomination documents had been fastened together with a paper clip. … Continue reading
On the afternoon of September 6, a U.S. District Court in Michigan dismissed the Michigan Libertarian Party ballot access lawsuit. This was the case to get Gary Johnson on the ballot. The judge said he would explain why on September … Continue reading
The Daily Oklahoman, the largest newspaper in Oklahoma, has this editorial, saying that the lawsuit on whether the state officers of Americans Elect should control their own party’s nomination process is “frivolous” and “a waste of taxpayer dollars”. Even though … Continue reading
On the evening of September 5, the New York Working Families Party nominated Barack Obama for President. The party had done the same in 2008. The New York Working Families Party is the only state unit of the Working Families … Continue reading
