On September 25, U.S. District Court Judge Marina Garcia Marmolejo, an Obama appointee, ordered Texas election officials to add a straight-ticket device to the 2020 ballot. The case had been filed on August 12. Texas Alliance for Retired Americans v … Continue reading
On September 26, President Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett of the Seventh Circuit for the U.S. Supreme Court. It appears she has only written one ballot access decision. In 2019 she wrote the opinion in Acevedo v Cook County … Continue reading
On September 25, the Alaska Division of Elections changed its mind, and will print the party affiliations on the ballot for nominees of unqualified parties. The affected candidates are all Libertarians running for state legislative seats. See this story. One … Continue reading
On September 24, Republican opponents of ranked choice voting asked the Maine Supreme Court to stay its own ruling on whether voters will use ranked choice voting for president in November. See this story. Probably the Maine Supreme Court will … Continue reading
On September 25, the Berkeley Institute for Governmental Studies released a presidential poll for California. Biden 67%; Trump 28%; other or undecided 5%. Scroll down to page three. The results are broken down by demographic group. The age category is … Continue reading
