On December 31, U.S. District Court Lance E. Walker issued an order in Baines v Bellows, 1:19cv-509. The order puts the Libertarian Party on the ballot for the 2022 election. It allows Libertarians who want to get on the June … Continue reading
On December 30, the Oregon Supreme Court issued a one-paragraph opinion, upholding a decision of the State Court of Appeals that signatures of persons on the inactive voter list are not valid. Whitehead v Fagan, S068382. The decision relates to … Continue reading
On December 30, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed the bills to redistrict the state’s U.S. House and legislative districts. He waited until almost the last day to do that. A few minutes after he signed the bills, a federal lawsuit … Continue reading
New Hampshire Representative David Love (R-Derry) has introduced HB 1166. It would convert primaries from semi-closed to closed. Currently an independent voter may choose a partisan primary ballot on primary day. The bill would restrict primary voters to those voters … Continue reading
As previously noted, in November 2021, a U.S. District Court in Maine struck down two ballot access laws that bar minor parties from the ballot, in a case filed in 2019 by the Libertarian Party. But the judge has not … Continue reading
