On June 5, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld a state law that does not permit unqualified parties to engage in fusion with qualified parties. Working Families Party v Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 34 EAP 2017. Pennsylvania does permit the nominees of … Continue reading
On June 5, the Seventh Circuit upheld a challenge to the Illinois ballot access law for primary candidates in Cook County, Illinois. A Democratic candidate for Sheriff needed signatures of one-half of 1% of the Democratic Party vote in the … Continue reading
The New Jersey Elections Division has posted the list of petitioning candidates for the legislature in the November 2019 election. Out of the 40 districts (each district electing two), there are only three minor party candidates. The Legalize Marijuana Party … Continue reading
On June 4, a U.S. District Court in Arkansas heard the Libertarian Party case against the new ballot access law for new parties. See this news story describing the hearing. There will be a decision in the near future. … Continue reading
Lincoln Chafee, a former Governor and U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, has changed his voter registration from independent to Libertarian. He now lives in Wyoming. Thanks to Political Wire for this news. … Continue reading
