On July 2, a California state trial court extended ballot access relief to two statewide initiatives. In Macarro v Padilla, Sacramento Superior Court Judge James P. Arguelles extended the deadline for an initiative related to sports gambling from July 20 … Continue reading
On the afternoon of July 2, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 to stay an order of a U.S. District Court in Alabama that had made it easier for people to vote absentee in three counties. People First of Alabama … Continue reading
On July 2, the Sixth Circuit issued an order in SawariMedia v Whitmer, 20-1594. This is the case over whether Michigan must give ballot access relief to initiative proponents. The U.S. District Court had said the state must either cut … Continue reading
On June 26, U.S. District Court Judge Morrison C. England, a Bush Jr. appointee, refused injunctive relief to the Common Sense Party, which had been trying to qualify as a new party in California using the registration membership alternative. That … Continue reading
On July 2, two Democrats running in the New Jersey July 7 primary for U.S. House filed a federal lawsuit. The lawsuit attacks the state law that restricts political slogans that candidates can place next to their names on primary … Continue reading
