On June 25, the Colorado Democratic presidential electors from 2016 filed their opening brief in the Tenth Circuit in Baca v Colorado Secretary of State, 18-1173, the case over whether presidential electors retain the ability to vote for any qualified … Continue reading
June 25 is the Illinois petition deadline for independent candidates and the nominees of unqualified parties. The Libertarian Party submitted approximately 47,000 signatures to meet the requirement for 25,000. As noted in an earlier blog post today, the Conservative Party … Continue reading
This year the North Carolina State Board of Elections was altered, so that there are four Republicans, four Democrats, and one member who is neither. However, the legislature may pass a proposed constitutional amendment to return to an 8-member board, … Continue reading
Kentucky held primaries in May. The day after the primary, the top vote-getter for Ninth Division Judge died. If he had not died, he and the second-place finisher would have been on the run-off ballot in November. The third-place finisher, … Continue reading
On June 25, the Sixth Circuit upheld Ohio regulations that do not permit anyone running for judge to start to raise campaign funds until four months before the election. The U.S. District Court had also upheld the regulation. Here is … Continue reading
