Slate has an article by Brook Thomas, pointing out that there were no government-printed ballots in the United States before 1888. Thomas feels the need to write this because Law Professor Akhil Reed Amar had an op-ed in the New … Continue reading
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D.C. Caldwell is a candidate for the Texas State Board of Education, district 10. This is a partisan office. His name is on both the Republican primary ballot and the Democratic primary ballot. See this story. The Texas anti-fusion law … Continue reading
On February 12, U.S. District Court Judge John Tuchi refused to stay his own opinion in No Labels Party v Fontes, 2:23cv-2172. Now the state of Arizona can ask the Ninth Circuit for a stay. The U.S. District Court had … Continue reading
On February 12, the Indiana Supreme Court heard State ex rel Rust v Morales, the lawsuit over the new law that says a candidate can’t get on a primary ballot unless he or she voted in the last two primaries, … Continue reading
On February 12, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., filed a federal lawsuit against the March 15 Idaho petition deadline for independent presidential candidates. The lawsuit also challenges the requirement that the petition circulators must sign an affidavit that they are Idaho … Continue reading