On April 6, Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued an order, suspending the state requirement that parties that nominate by convention must hold an in-person convention on April 18, Saturday. The order says such parties can set their own convention dates, … Continue reading
The Keene Sentinel has this story about the Libertarian Party’s request to the New Hampshire Secretary of State to suspend petition requirements. No one in New Hampshire ever needs a petition to get on a primary ballot, but the general … Continue reading
On April 3, U.S. District Court Judge Mark E. Walker again refused to stay his own opinion in Jacobson v Lee, the case over the order of candidates on the Florida November ballot. Earlier he had struck down the law, … Continue reading
On April 6, the Independent Party of Florida, and the Party for Socialism and Liberation, filed a request for injunctive relief in U.S. District Court, in their lawsuit to overturn the law that prevents them from putting a presidential nominee … Continue reading
On the evening of April 6, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 to overturn the Seventh Circuit decision that let Wisconsin absentee ballots arrive as late as April 13, for the April 7 election. See the order here. … Continue reading
