on June 17, the U.S. Supreme Court asked Ohio to respond to the appeal for ballot access relief in Thompson v Dewine, 19A-1054. This is the case over ballot access relief for Ohio initiatives. The U.S. District Court had granted … Continue reading
On June 16, the Sixth Circuit refused to rehear Thompson v Dewine, 20-3526. This is the case in which a U.S. District Court in Ohio had ordered ballot access relief for proponents of an Ohio initiative, but then the Sixth … Continue reading
On June 8, the Illinois State Board of Elections asked the Seventh Circuit to reverse all the ballot access relief granted to minor party and independent candidates back on April 23. The State Board even wants to remove the statewide … Continue reading
U.S. District Court Judge John A. Gibney, Jr., will hear Libertarian Party of Virginia v Virginia State Board of Elections, e.d., 3:20cv-349, on Friday, June 19. This is the lawsuit filed by the Libertarian, Green, Constitution, and Independent Green Parties … Continue reading
Josh Putnam, who runs the FrontloadingHQ blog about presidential primaries, has this article at 538.com. He discusses the idea that if the U.S. Supreme Court rules that presidential electors are free to vote for any qualified candidate, that “chaos” would … Continue reading
