Pennsylvania is unique for its failure to update its election code when election laws are struck down (or when state election officials determine that a law would be struck down and therefore won’t be enforced). Here is a list of … Continue reading
On December 13, the General Counsel to the North Carolina State Board of Elections sent a letter to the North Carolina Green Party, making it easier for a party that had put its presidential nominee on the ballot in the … Continue reading
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette has this detailed and interesting story about the December 12 U.S. District Court trial in Moore v Martin. This is the case over the March 1 petition deadline for non-presidential independent candidates. … Continue reading
On December 13, the Third Circuit issued an 18-page opinion in Constitution Party of Pennsylvania v Cortes, 16-3266. The decision says that last year’s decision by the U.S. District Court, rewriting the Pennsylvania ballot access laws for minor party and … Continue reading
The Alabama Secretary of State webpage has election returns for the special U.S. Senate election. See here. By a very slight margin, the number of write-ins is greater than the margin between the two candidates named on the ballot. According … Continue reading
