The Eighth Circuit will hear Miller v Thurston, 20-2095, on Wednesday, July 8. This is the case on whether Arkansas initiatives should get ballot access relief due to the health crisis. The U.S. District Court had ruled in favor of … Continue reading
On June 10, U.S. District Court Judge Mark A. Kearney, an Obama appointee, denied injunctive relief to an independent candidate for U.S. House in Pennsylvania. The candidate-plaintiff, Orlando Acosta, had sued over the requirement that he collect 5,752 signatures to … Continue reading
On June 24, U.S. District Court Judge Kristen Baker, an Obama appointee, declined to give injunctive relief to various independent candidates in Arkansas. The lead plaintiff, Dan Whitfield, running for U.S. Senate, needed 10,000 signatures by May 1, and the … Continue reading
On June 25 at approximately 1:30 p.m eastern time, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to intervene in Thompson v DeWine, the case over ballot access relief for Ohio initiatives. The U.S. District Court had granted relief, but the Sixth Circuit … Continue reading
U.S. District Court Judge John A. Gibney, Jr., an Obama appointee, will hear Libertarian Party of Virginia v Virginia State Board of Elections on Monday, July 13, at 9 a.m. This is the lawsuit over ballot access relief for minor … Continue reading
