On August 16, the California Republican Party filed this reply brief in the State Supreme Court in Patterson v Padilla, the lawsuit over whether the State Constitution requires that all “recognized” presidential candidates (seeking the nomination of a ballot-qualified party) … Continue reading
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Author Darcy Richardson, who was the Reform Party nominee for Governor of Florida in 2018, has filed an FEC form indicating he will seek the Reform Party presidential nomination in 2020. The Reform Party is still on the ballot in … Continue reading
Joel Fox, who runs Fox & Hounds Daily, a California politics web page, writes here about another consequences of the California tax returns-ballot law. If it is upheld and President Trump does not appear on the 2020 Republican presidential primary … Continue reading
On August 15, Rocky De La Fuente asked the U.S. District Court in San Diego (the Southern District) to retain his presidential tax returns-ballot lawsuit in that city. The state of California is trying to persuade the judge in San … Continue reading
U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Walton Pratt will hear Schmitz v Marion County Board of Elections, s.d., 1:19cv-3314, on August 29, Thursday, at 2 pm. This is the case over whether signatures on an independent candidate petition are valid if … Continue reading