On January 22, the Oklahoma Attorney General issued his first opinion of the year. See it here. It says that the 2016 petitions of the Libertarian and Green Parties need signatures of 3% of the last gubernatorial vote, not 5%. … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2016
U.S. District Court Judge L. Scott Coogler, a Bush Jr. appointee, will hear Greater Birmingham Ministries v Alabama, 2:15cv-2193, n.d., on Thursday, February 11. This case was filed on December 2, 2015, and challenges Alabama’s law requiring voters at the … Continue reading
U.S. District Court Judge Andre Birotte will hold a hearing in Soltysik v Padilla on Monday, March 14, at 10 a.m., in Los Angeles. This is the case on whether California’s law on partisan labels on ballots is unconstitutional. The … Continue reading
The Kentucky Democratic presidential primary ballot will list four names. Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders qualified by demonstrating that they are already on the ballot in at least 20 other state primary ballots. Martin O’Malley qualified by showing that he … Continue reading
On January 20, U.S. District Court Judge William Haynes set a trial date in two pending Tennessee ballot access cases. The trial date is Tuesday, February 23, 9 a.m., in Nashville. The trial combines the 2011 case that challenges the … Continue reading