On August 3, Patrick Manning won a lawsuit in New York Supreme Court, retaining his spot on the Republican primary ballot as a candidate for Assembly. New York requires legislative candidates to have lived in New York for the preceding … Continue reading
New Mexico State Senator Howie Morales (D-Silver City) will introduce a bill in the 2013 legislative session to let candidates running in a primary qualify by paying a filing fee. Currently law requires petitions for access to a primary ballot … Continue reading
On August 6, U.S. District Court Judge George C. Smith, a Reagan appointee, will hear Jolivette v Husted, southern district, 2:12-cv-603. Greg Jolivette submitted enough valid signatures to be on the November ballot as an independent candidate for State House, … Continue reading
Here is a description of the court hearing held August 3 in Phoenix, over whether the initiative for a top-two open primary should be on the ballot. Opponents argued that it violates the single-subject rule. The only argument on the … Continue reading
On August 3, Rocky Anderson and the Justice Party filed their reply brief in Vermont lower state court, in Anderson v State of Vermont. The issue is whether a petitioning candidate should be kept off the November ballot, not because … Continue reading
