Last year, the Commission on Presidential Debates set the deadlines for three general election presidential debates, and one vice-presidential debate. Now President Trump’s campaign wants four presidential debates, and wants the first debate to be earlier than September 29. See … Continue reading
Richard Winger
On June 18, the Seventh Circuit issued an opinion in Gill v Scholz, 19-1125. This is the case against the 5% Illinois petition for U.S. House, for independent candidates and the nominees of unqualified parties. David M. Gill was an … Continue reading
The Aloha Aina, a new qualified party in Hawaii, has fourteen candidates on its own primary ballot for legislature, and one for U.S. House. See this press release. Here is the party’s website. Thanks to Dave Gillespie for this news. … Continue reading
On June 18, Joseph Kishore, the Socialist Equality Party presidential nominee, filed a federal lawsuit for ballot access relief during the health crisis. He seeks to petition as an independent candidate. Even though the federal courts already declared the 30,000-signature … Continue reading
On June 18, the California legislature passed AB 880, which provides that every active registered voter will receive a postal ballot. This is not a big change for California, because already 75% of the registered voters receive a postal ballot. … Continue reading