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On January 21, the Democratic Party filed this brief in Jacobson v Lee, 19-14552, the case over the law on order of candidates on the general election ballot. The U.S. District Court had struck down the law, and the state … Continue reading
Richard Winger
On January 16, the Kentucky Senate passed SB 3. It moves the gubernatorial election from the odd year before a presidential election, to a presidential election year. The vote was 31-3. Currently five states have gubernatorial elections in odd years: … Continue reading
Ian Millhiser has written this article for Vox. It seems to predict that the U.S. Supreme Court will rule that presidential electors are free to vote for any qualified candidate when they cast a vote in December in the electoral … Continue reading
On January 22, U.S. District Court William O. Bertelsman, a Carter appointee, struck down a Kentucky ballot access law. Sweeney v Crigler, e.d., 2:19cv-46. The law, passed last year, requires independent candidates, and the nominees of parties that nominate by … Continue reading
An Illinois trial court has removed Natalie Rose DiCianni from the Democratic primary ballot because she listed her nickname and her surname together with a hyphen. Her petitions show her as Natalie Rose Shannon-DiCianni. “Shannon” is her nickname. See this … Continue reading