On April 18, the Nebraska Senate Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee killed SB 969. The bill would have reduced the number of signatures for a non-presidential independent candidate from 10% of the number of registered voters, to exactly 4,000. … Continue reading
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On April 20, U.S. District Court Judge Edward J. Davila, an Obama appointee, dismissed Koller v Harris, n.d., 5:16cv-7069. This is the case filed in 2016 by a California Democratic presidential elector who wanted to vote for someone other than … Continue reading
On April 30, U.S. District Court Judge Philip Brimmer refused to let certain opponents of Congressman Doug Lamborn intervene in Lamborn’s case against the Colorado law banning out-of-state circulators. He said he is sympathetic to the position of the intervenors, … Continue reading
The Albuquerque Journal has this op-ed by Sandra Jeff, the Libertarian Party candidate for Secretary of State of New Mexico, criticizing the straight-ticket device. New Mexico does not use a straight-ticket device, but the incumbent Secretary of State, who is … Continue reading
According to this story, the U.S. Supreme Court has only issued 29 opinions in the current term, so far. This is the lowest number, by this date on the calendar, since 1900. The article was published on April 29. No … Continue reading