On February 26, the U.S. District Court in Oregon that is hearing the case against Oregon’s primary screen-out law gave permission for COFOE to file its amicus curiae brief. Normally attorneys on both sides freely give permission for anyone to file an amicus curiae brief, whether it is on their side or not. However, in this case, Oregon had refused to give permission to let COFOE file its amicus, so the judge had to decide whether to admit it.

COFOE is the Coalition for Free & Open Elections, which is closely associated with this web page. COFOE again thanks all the people who have contributed money to COFOE. Those contrubitions were used to pay for the amicus brief in this case. The case is Wasson v Bradbury, 06-cv-6205. “Primary screen-out” means a state law making it illegal for primary voters to sign a petition for an independent candidate. There is also a bill, SB 468, pending in the Oregon legislature, to repeal the primary screen-out.