On October 17, the State Journal-Register, daily newspaper for Springfield, endorsed Steve Dutner, the Libertarian nominee, for Secretary of State. See the editorial here. Thanks to Independent Political Report for this news. If Dutner gets at least 5% of the … Continue reading
A U.S. District Court in Springfield, Illinois, will hear Gill v Scholz on Thursday, November 15, at 10 a.m. This is the case that challenges the independent U.S. House petition requirement, 5% of the last vote cast. The case was … Continue reading
On October 25, the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court agreed with the lower court, and kept the Democratic nominee for Amherst Town Clerk off the ballot. Cox v Spoth, 18-1945, 4th district. Here is the three-page … Continue reading
On October 26, the Illinois State Board of Elections filed this reply brief in Gill v Scholz, c.d., 3:16cv-3221. This is the case that challenges the Illinois 5% petition for independent candidates for U.S. House. All the briefs are now … Continue reading
The political data research firm SEMrush set out to predict the winners of all U.S. Senate races this year, based on their research on Google searches for each candidate’s name. But they only bothered to do this research for Democratic … Continue reading
