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The Seventh Circuit has set a briefing schedule for Gill v Scholz, the Illinois case that challenges the 5% petition for independent candidates for U.S. House. The lower court had upheld the law. The plaintiffs’ brief is due May 31.
Yearly Archives: 2022
On May 5, Alaska SB 161 passed the House Judiciary Committee. It had already passed the State Senate and the House State Affairs Committee. This is the bill to ease the definition of a qualified party. … Continue reading
U.S. District Court Judge Waverly Crenshaw, an Obama appointee, will hear Newsom v Golden, m.d., 3:22cv-318, on Tuesday, May 10, at 9 a.m. This is the case over the Tennessee Republican Party’s disqualification of a congressional candidate in its own … Continue reading
On April 21, the South Carolina Senate passed HB 4919 unanimously. Among other things, it bans fusion, the ability of two parties to jointly nominate the same candidate. However, the bill was amended in the Senate, so it must return … Continue reading
On May 3, New York election officials removed Andrew Rainey from the Democratic primary ballot for Assembly, 95th district. Rainey is the former Mayor of Peekskill. He needed 500 signatures. He submitted 749, but after he was challenged, he was … Continue reading