According to this story, Connecticut Secretary of State Denise Merrill has said she approves of two recent state court opinions, but the two opinions do not agree with each other. A new law requires candidates nominated in convention to sign … Continue reading
On October 8, the Ohio Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee passed SB 193 by a vote of 7-4. They voted after a hearing that last two hours and fifteen minutes. Shortly afterwards, the bill passed the Senate by a … Continue reading
On October 8, the U.S. Supreme Court heard McCutcheon v Federal Election Commission, a campaign finance case. Here is one article about the hearing. The gist of this article, and a few others, seems to be that the Court is … Continue reading
On October 7, a U.S. District Court in Hawaii held a trial in Democratic Party of Hawaii v Nago, 1:13cv-301. According to this story, Judge J. Michael Seabright has not decided the case yet, but he did indicate that if … Continue reading
On October 9, the Tennessee Libertarian Party filed a lawsuit, asking to be placed on the ballot in the December 2013 special legislative election in Memphis. The existing law on how a party gets on the ballot was held unconstitutional … Continue reading
