On Tuesday, March 24, U.S. District Court Judge David Doty will hear De La Fuente v Simon, 0:19cv-2995. This case was originally filed by Rocky De La Fuente to challenge the Minnesota law that lets parties decide which presidential primary … Continue reading
Montana requires petitions to qualify a new party to submit 5,000 signatures. In addition, the petition must include a certain number of signatures from at least one-third of the 100 state house districts. The house districts are all of approximate … Continue reading
Mississippi officials have postponed the runoff primary from March 31 to June 23. Mississippi doesn’t elect any state offices in even years. The only runoff primary being held in 2020 is for U.S. House, 2nd district, Republicans only.
Texas officials have postponed the runoff primaries from May 26 to July 14. The order did not mention the question of the independent candidate petition deadline. For non-presidential independents, it is 30 days after the runoff primary. But the independent … Continue reading
Illinois petitioning for unqualified parties and independent candidates is not permitted until March 24. When the petitioning window opens, the Libertarian Party petition will list Bennett Morris for president and Bob Johnston for vice-president. Illinois does not have party petitions, … Continue reading
