Four groups sponsoring statewide Massachusetts initiatives have asked the State Supreme Judicial Court to let them gather electronic signatures. The groups only need another 13,347 valid signatures. Massachusetts initiative procedures provide that if a group collects the signatures of 2.5% … Continue reading
This story summarizes all the activism in Maryland, in which minor parties and independent candidates have made a public case in favor of cutting the number of signatures needed for ballot access this year. But the state government has denied … Continue reading
The Michigan Secretary of State has not appealed to the Sixth Circuit in Esshaki v Whitman, the case over whether primary petition signature requirements should be cut by 50%. Although technically there is still time for the state to appeal, … Continue reading
On April 24, Rocky De La Fuente dismissed his federal lawsuit against President Donald Trump and against all the state Republican Parties that acted to keep him from qualifying for presidential primary ballots in those states. De La Fuente v … Continue reading
On April 27, the Colorado Supreme Court agreed to hear Warren v Griswold, 2020SA140. This is the case over whether the primary petition for statewide office, 10,500 signatures, should be eased in 2020 due to the health crisis. The lower … Continue reading
