On November 27, persons associated with the Democratic Party sued Minnesota over its law on the order of candidates on the general election in partisan races. That law, unique in the nation, says the nominees of the qualified parties should … Continue reading
On November 26, Rocky De La Fuente sued Minnesota in federal court, over the law that gives the Republican Party exclusive control over which candidates may be listed on the party’s presidential primary ballot. De La Fuente v Simon, 0:19cv-2995. … Continue reading
If the proposal of the New York Campaign Finance Commission had been in effect in 2018, the only ballot-qualified parties would have been Democratic, Republican, and Conservative. In that case, there are twelve legislative elections from 2018 that actually had … Continue reading
Joe Mathews, a commentator on California politics, here writes that if California Democratic legislators and Governor Gavin Newsom really believe in the idea that candidates should be kept off ballots if they don’t reveal their income taxes, they ought to … Continue reading
On November 26, Jill Stein, the 2016 Green Party presidential candidate, asked a U.S. District Court in Philadelphia to re-open her settlement with the state over vote-counting machines. A year ago she and the state had settled her lawsuit, and … Continue reading
