On August 7, several amici curiae briefs were filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in Evenwel v Abbott, 14-940. The issue is whether the U.S. Constitution requires U.S. House and state legislative districts to based on equal numbers of eligible … Continue reading
The August 10 edition of Lancaster’s daily newspaper has this editorial, asking the state not to appeal the U.S. District Court decision of last month that struck down Pennsylvania’s ballot access procedures for minor parties. Although the newspaper had previously … Continue reading
Kentucky election laws provide presidential primaries in May to any party that received 20% of the vote in the last presidential election. But earlier this year, the Executive Committee of the Kentucky Republican Party voted tentatively not to use the … Continue reading
The United Independent Party is a qualified party in Massachusetts. It will remain ballot-qualified after November 2016 even if it has no statewide nominees that year if it gets its registration up to 1% of the state total. Two weeks … Continue reading
Vox has this story, saying that Donald Trump could not run in Michigan outside the major parties in November if he had first been on the Michigan presidential primary ballot. The story is incorrect. Michigan does not bar independent presidential … Continue reading
