On July 15, the Illinois Green Party and its statewide slate of candidates filed a federal lawsuit against three aspects of Illinois petitioning for unqualified parties. The case challenges the process when a petition is challenged. As in Pennsylvania, the … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2014
On June 30, California election officials asked the Ninth Circuit to reconsider Chula Vista Citizens v Norris, 12-55726. This is the case over the state law that says local initiative petition sheets must contain the name of the people who … Continue reading
On July 15, Public Policy Polling released this Mississippi poll. It shows that 66% of respondents want to retain the open primary that Mississippi has always had. It also asks about the U.S. Senate race, and includes all three candidates … Continue reading
According to this story, Chris McDaniel, who lost the Mississippi Republican run-off for U.S. Senate last month, has asked the Mississippi Supreme Court to order certain county election officials to provide all records from that primary. McDaniel believes that the … Continue reading
This story says the Florida legislature says it won’t appeal last week’s decision, invalidating some U.S. House boundaries. But the legislature wants the state court that issued the ruling to say that the old invalid districts should be used for … Continue reading