On October 10, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that signatures on petitions are valid even if the signer forgot, or didn’t know, to include “2012” in the date column. This decision reverses the 2-1 decision of the Commonwealth Court. This … Continue reading
On October 11, the Sixth Circuit struck down an Ohio law that relates to provisional ballots. Ohio has many polling stations that include multiple precincts voting in the same building. Ohio law says that if a voter casts a provisional … Continue reading
On October 10, a lower state court in New Jersey enjoined restrictions on residency for circulators of local petitions. As a result, circulators are free to work on local recall petitions, and on petitions for independent candidates in partisan local … Continue reading
On August 10, the Republican Party asked the IRS to rule that Americans Elect cannot make independent expenditures in support of Angus King, the independent candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine. The Republican Party says Americans Elect is a 501(c)(4) … Continue reading
On October 10, the Commonwealth Court Judge in Pennsylvania who is handling the challenge to the statewide Libertarian Party petition ruled that the Republicans cannot seek to re-open the challenge process. The Republican challengers had attempted to persuade the judge … Continue reading
