On July 21, the Peace & Freedom Party, the Libertarian Party of California, and the Green Party of Alameda County asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Rubin v Padilla, 15-135, the case that argues that the U.S. Constitution does … Continue reading
On July 21, the New Jersey Attorney General informed the U.S. Supreme Court that he doesn’t intend to file a response in Balsam v Guadagno, 15-39. This is the lawsuit in which some independent voters filed a lawsuit, arguing that … Continue reading
On July 24, the New Zealand High Court ruled that a 2010 law, depriving anyone sentenced to prison from voting while in prison, violates the nation’s Bill of Rights Act. See this press release from the court. The decision is … Continue reading
Fivethirtyeight.com has this interesting analysis of how minor party and independent presidential candidates who got at least 2% of the vote, for the period 1968 through 2000, affected the final outcome. The story’s title leads one to think it is … Continue reading
On July 24, U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence Stengel issued a 41-page opinion in Constitution Party of Pennsylvania v Cortes, e.d., 12-cv-2726. He determined that Pennsylvania’s system of charging huge court costs against petitioning candidates and groups violates the U.S. … Continue reading
