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On the night of October 27, Jerry Gordon died at the age of 88. He had been the first attorney to file a ballot access lawsuit in federal court against a state law requiring a very high number of signatures. … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2016
On October 28, the Virginia State Board of Elections posted this list of declared write-in presidential candidates. Thanks to Leonardo Quevedo for the link. … Continue reading
On October 28, the Sixth Circuit reversed a U.S. District Court and reimposed the Michigan ban on photography at polling places. Here is the 2-1 decision in Crookston v Johnson, 16-2490. Judge Jeffrey Sutton, a Bush Jr. appointee, wrote the … Continue reading
On October 28, Rocky De La Fuente and Jill Stein filed this brief, in their Oklahoma ballot access lawsuit. Both candidates are challenging the independent petition requirement, which is 40,047 signatures this year. No one has completed the Oklahoma independent … Continue reading
The Constitution, Green, and Libertarian Parties are in the Third Circuit to overturn the state’s new county distribution requirement for statewide petitions for state office. The case law is overwhelmingly strong that statewide petitions cannot have county distribution requirements, because … Continue reading