On June 30, proponents of some Oregon county initiatives filed a federal lawsuit for ballot access relief. McCarter v Brown, 6:20cv-1048. The proponents are trying to get county initiatives on the ballot of many counties, to test public opinion on … Continue reading
On July 7, Don Blankenship, Constitution Party presidential nominee, filed this brief asking for injunctive relief against the California independent presidential petition requirement. Blankenship v Newsom, n.d., 3:20cv-4479. Also, he filed this reply brief on July 15. The case will … Continue reading
On July 15, Joseph Kishore, Socialist Equality Party presidential candidate, filed this brief in Kishore v Newsom, c.d., 2:20cv-5859. This is one of the two challenges to the California independent presidential petition procedure, which requires 196,964 signatures to be collected … Continue reading
On July 15, the Oregon Secretary of State, Bev Clarno, asked the Ninth Circuit to issue a stay in People Not Politicians v Clarno, 20-35630. The U.S. District Court had ordered substantial ballot access relief for statewide Oregon initiatives. The … Continue reading
On July 16, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to intervene in the Florida ex-felon voter registration case. Rick Hasen explains this news here. The vote was 6-3. Justices Sonya Sotomayor dissented and her dissent is also signed by Justices Ruth … Continue reading
