On January 9, the Maine Secretary of State determined that the Libertarian Party is now a qualified party. It needed 5,000 registered members and as of the January 2 deadline, it has at least 5,168. Some are still being processed … Continue reading
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Kennebec County Superior Court Judge Michaela Murphy has set oral arguments for Wednesday, January 17, in Trump v Bellows, augsc-at-24-01. However, former President Donald Trump filed a request on January 8 to postpone the argument until after the U.S. Supreme … Continue reading
All qualified parties in Maine nominate by primary, and all qualified parties are entitled to a presidential primary. But No Labels Party doesn’t want its own presidential primary, so the state won’t hold one. See this story. … Continue reading
Filing for the Illinois primaries closed on January 5. For president in the Republican primary, the only candidates who filed are Ryan Binkley, Chris Christie, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, and Donald Trump. Candidates need 3,000 signatures. Vivek Ramaswamy did not … Continue reading
On January 8, newly-elected Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry, a Republican, called a special session of the new legislature for January 15-23. Here is his agenda for that special session. Item 9 mentions candidate filing fees for president and congress. That … Continue reading