On March 11, an Ohio state trial court ruled that 17-year-olds can vote for president in the March 15 Ohio presidential primaries, if they will be 18 by November 8, 2016. State ex rel Schwerdtfeger v Husted, 16cv-2346, Franklin County. … Continue reading
On March 3, the Ninth Circuit refused to issue an injunction, stopping the 2016 open primary for the Montana Republican Party. It would have been surprising if the Ninth Circuit had granted the injunction, because there is no method currently … Continue reading
The Fourth Circuit will hear Sarvis v Alcorn, 15-1162, on Tuesday, May 10. The issue is that Virginia law that always puts the Democratic and Republican nominees on top on general election ballots. The U.S. District Court had upheld the … Continue reading
Lawsuits are pending in both federal court and state court over whether Ohio voters who are 17-years old, and who will be 18 by November 8, can vote in the presidential primary. This story describes the state court hearing held … Continue reading
Plunderbund, an Ohio politics blog since 2005, has this story linking John Kasich’s elimination of his Libertarian opponent for Governor in 2014 to Kasich’s own petition troubles this month in Pennsylvania. Kasich’s campaign admits it didn’t submit enough valid signatures … Continue reading
