On February 26, the Attorney General of South Dakota wrote a letter to attorneys for the Libertarian and Constitution Parties. Those two parties are currently suing South Dakota over the March 29 deadline to submit a petition for party status. … Continue reading
An anonymous group of Republican Party donors has asked a Republican political consulting firm to research how an independent presidential candidate can get on state ballots. See this document. Here is a Politico story about the report. The authors of … Continue reading
The Gazette-Democrat has this story about the decision of U.S. District Court Judge James Moody not to enjoin the Arkansas law that says convention parties must choose all their nominees at least a year before the general election. What the … Continue reading
Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann says he will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the February 25 decision of the Mississippi Supreme Court that put Willie Williams on the March 8 presidential primary ballot. See this story. … Continue reading
The First Circuit includes the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island (as well as Puerto Rico). The First Circuit will soon decide whether New Hampshire violated the Constitution when it passed a law in 2014, making it … Continue reading
