Ballot Access News September 1, 2019 – Volume 35, Number 4 This issue was printed on white paper. Table of Contents TENTH CIRCUIT SAYS STATES CAN’T REPLACE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS WHO “DISOBEY” EIGHTH CIRCUIT KEEPS LIBERTARIANS ON ARKANSAS BALLOT CALIFORNIA TAX … Continue reading
On September 27, a Michigan state trial court struck down two parts of a 2018 law that makes it more difficult to qualify statewide initiatives. The state constitution and the First Amendment were the basis. Initiative proponents cannot be required … Continue reading
The Independent Voting Project, two former Governors, and two former U.S. Senators, have filed this amicus curiae brief in U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C., Circuit, in Level the Playing Field v Federal Election Commission. The amicus is on the side … Continue reading
The next Democratic presidential debate will be in Westerville, Ohio (near Columbus) on Tuesday, October 15. It will have 12 candidates on the same stage. They include the ten who debated in September, and Tulsi Gabbard and Tom Steyer. This … Continue reading
On September 24, a lawsuit was filed in North Carolina state court, arguing that the state’s U.S. House district boundaries violate the state constitution’s provision that elections shall be “free and equal.” The case is in Wake County Superior Court, … Continue reading
