August 10 is the Tennessee deadline for a new party to submit a petition for recognition. No group filed such a petition. This is not surprising, because the law requires 33,816 valid signatures. No group has successfully petitioned for party … Continue reading
On August 11, a 3-judge U.S. District Court struck down North Carolina’s legislative districts as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. Covington v State, m.d., 1:15cv-399. The opinion is by Judge James A. Wynn, an Obama appointee. It was also signed by … Continue reading
The Boston Globe has this story about the United Independent Party of Massachusetts. Because the only statewide office on the ballot this year is president, and because the party is not running anyone for president, it will go off the … Continue reading
Alaska’s deadline for independent presidential petitions, and for petitions for minor party presidential access, is August 10. Alaska received two petitions: for independent candidate Rocky De La Fuente, and for the Green Party. The parties already on the ballot are … Continue reading
August 10 is the Hawaii deadline for independent presidential candidates to file petitions. No candidate filed. Hawaii has seven ballot-qualified parties: American Shopping, Constitution, Democratic, Green, Independent, Libertarian, and Republican. They have until September 9 to tell the state if … Continue reading
