On April 20, U.S. District Court Judge Terrence G. Berg, an Obama appointee, issued an injunction in Esshaki v Whitmer, e.d., 2:20cv-10831. It cuts the number of signatures needed for primary petitions by 50%, and extends the deadline from April … Continue reading
New York Assemblymember Rebecca A. Seawright, who represents part of New York city, seems to have failed to file a “cover sheet” on her primary petition. The State Board of Elections has recommended that she be removed from the June … Continue reading
On April 17, U.S. District Court Judge Dominic Lanza refused to order Arizona to allow initiative proponents to gather electronic signatures. Arizonans for Fair Elections v Hobbs, 2:20cv-658. Here is the 30-page opinion. The same issue is pending in the … Continue reading
Federal courts have ruled in the past that if ballot access is impossible, or virtually impossible, and a party or a candidate who wants to be on the ballot sues, and shows evidence of a modicum of support, then the … Continue reading
An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released on April 19 shows that when respondents are asked if they support President Trump, or Joe Biden, or aren’t sure, 5% of them volunteer that they won’t vote for either of the two … Continue reading
