August 10 is the New Hampshire deadline for independent candidate petitions, and petitions for the nominees of unqualified parties, to file signatures with the various towns. Only three presidential candidates submitted petitions: Rocky De La Fuente, Gary Johnson, and Jill … Continue reading
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The District of Columbia filing deadline for petitions for independent candidates, and the nominees of unqualified parties, is August 10. The only presidential petition submitted is for Gary Johnson. Here is the list of candidates for the November election. The … Continue reading
The Arkansas Secretary of State has determined that all presidential petitions have enough valid signatures. There were three for presidential party status, and four independent petitions. Both types of petition needed 1,000 signatures. The presidential party petitions were for the … Continue reading
On August 10, attorneys for Michigan asked the Sixth Circuit to reverse the order of a U.S. District Court Judge in the lawsuit titled “Michigan State A. Philip Randolph Institute v Johnson,” 16-2115. Michigan’s legislature had repealed the straight-ticket device … Continue reading
On August 9, attorneys for Connecticut settled two federal lawsuits over the state’s ban on out-of-state petitioners. The state agreed that the ban is unconstitutional for general election candidate petitions, and also petitions to get someone on a presidential primary … Continue reading