On July 15, the West Virginia Democratic Party won a procedural ruling in Nelson v Warner, s.d., 3:19cv-898. This is a Democratic Party case against the law concerning the order of candidates on general election ballots. It says the party … Continue reading
The Connecticut Libertarian Party ballot access case is pending in the Second Circuit. Libertarian Party of Connecticut v Lamont, 20-2179. The case includes a mixture of issues related to petitioning in the health crisis, and issues that are separate. On … Continue reading
The Alliance Party is now ballot-qualified in Mississippi. In that state, a group becomes a qualified party by submitting a list of party officers. Mississippi has had that law ever since 1890, when the state first instituted government-printed ballots. Mississippi … Continue reading
On April 2, 2020, the New York ballot access law drastically changed. The number of signatures for a statewide independent, or the nominee of an unqualified party, was raised from 15,000 to 45,000 signatures. The vote test was changed from … Continue reading
On July 23, the New Mexico Libertarian Party filed a federal lawsuit against the Secretary of State for refusing to provide an accurate count of write-ins in the party’s June 2 primary. The party’s choice for State Appeals Court, Stephen … Continue reading
