On May 3, U.S. District Court Judge Charles Kornmann held a one-day trial in South Dakota Newspaper Association v Barnett, 3:19cv-3010. This is the case over the South Dakota ban on out-of-state individuals contribution for or against an initiative campaign. … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2019
According to this post at FrontloadingHQ, the Puerto Rico Democratic Party will ask the Puerto Rico legislature to move the presidential primary date from the first Sunday in June, to the second Sunday in March. … Continue reading
On April 30, North Carolina held a primary for the special election, U.S. House, 3rd district. The seat is vacant because Congressman Walter B. Jones died. There were primaries for all three North Carolina parties that nominate by primary: Republican, … Continue reading
Nicholas Stephanopoulos of Election Law Blog here analyzes the May 3 Ohio decision, striking down the U.S. House district boundaries as a partisan gerrymander. For those who are interested in this topic but who don’t want to read the very … Continue reading
On April 30, Alabama State Senator Cam Ward (R-Alabaster) introduced SB 336. It decreases the number of signatures for newly-qualifying parties, and non-presidential independents, from 3% of the last gubernatorial vote, to 1.5%. Also it eases the petition deadline from … Continue reading