The Herald, daily newspaper for Everett and the northwest corner of the state, here editorializes that the Washington state top-two system be changed. The Herald recommends that the top four candidates be placed on the November ballot for partisan office. … Continue reading
On August 10, Rocky De La Fuente and Jill Stein filed a lawsuit against the Oklahoma requirement that independent presidential candidates, and the presidential nominees of unqualified parties, file a petition with 40,047 valid signatures by July 15. The Complaint … Continue reading
On August 9, the Eighth Circuit asked attorneys for Nebraska to respond to the petition for rehearing en banc, in Bernbeck v Gale, 15-1983. The issue is the county distribution requirement for statewide initiatives. The U.S. District Court had invalidated … Continue reading
On August 9, at least three large newspapers in Ohio took at face value the statement of an Ohio elections official who asserted that no stand-in presidential or vice-presidential candidate had ever before submitted a petition. Here is the Cincinnati … Continue reading
On August 9, a trial court in Illinois struck down the 2012 law that says no one can qualify as an independent if he or she had voted in a party primary in March. See this story. If any appeal … Continue reading
