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The New York Times is reporting that the state chair of the New York Democratic Party, Jay Jacobs, wants to change the definition of a qualified party from a group that got 50,000 votes for Governor, to one that got … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2019
On October 25, the opponents of the California legislature’s size filed this brief in the Ninth Circuit. The case is Citizens for Fair Representation v Padilla, 18-17458. The case concerns the population of legislative districts, approximately 1,000,000 per State Senate … Continue reading
On October 28, a state court in North Carolina invalidated the state’s U.S. House districts. See this story. The primary may need to be postponed; it is set for March 3. … Continue reading
A U.S. District Court in North Carolina will hear arguments in Kopitke v Bell on Thursday, November 7, at 2 p.m. This is the case that challenges various ballot access laws relating to independent candidates, including a challenge to the … Continue reading
Former Congressmember John Conyers died on October 27, at the age of 90. He served in the U.S. House from 1964 until 2017. He was the first member of Congress to ever introduce a federal ballot access bill. He introduced … Continue reading