Socialist Action Party submitted almost 11,000 signtures this year to place its nominee for U.S. Senate, Fred Linck, on the Connecticut ballot. The Secretary of State still has not determined whether that petition has enough valid signatures. The requirement is … Continue reading
Richard Winger
On September 12, Rhode Island held primaries. The three ballot-qualified parties are Democratic, Republican, and Moderate. But because there were no primary contests in the Moderate Party, the state did not print primary ballots for it. Its nominee for Governor, … Continue reading
On September 12, U.S. District Court Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos, an Obama appointee, upheld the Texas policy of electing its State Supreme Court Justices, and its State Criminal Appeals Court Judges, in at-large partisan elections. Lopez v Abbott, s.d., 2:16v-303. … Continue reading
On September 12, U.S. District Court Judge Amy Totenberg heard witnesses in Curling v Kemp, n.d., 1:17cv-2989. This is the case over Georgia’s vote-counting machines, which don’t leave a paper trail. The judge said she would rule on Friday, September … Continue reading
On September 12, the Eighth Circuit issued a 7-page opinion in Abdurrahman v Dayton, 16-4551. This is the case in which a Minnesota Democratic presidential elector challenged the law that said he was unseated as an elector when he refused … Continue reading