The Green Party nominee for Cook County (Illinois) Water Commissioner, unexpired term, Rachel Wales, received 19.0% in a two-candidate race against a Democrat. This appears to make the Green Party ballot-qualified inside Cook County, for partisan county office. Here is … Continue reading
North Carolina elected a State Supreme Court Justice on November 7. The Republican-majority legislature had earlier restored partisan nominations for judicial races, but in 2017 that legislature passed a bill saying that for 2018 only, there would be no party … Continue reading
A U.S. District Court in Springfield, Illinois, had been planning to hear Gill v Scholz on November 15. But on November 7 the judge said the hearing will be postponed, due to a scheduling conflict. The new hearing date isn’t … Continue reading
The Libertarian Party petitioned for party status this year, submitting the petition in July 2018. It ran for Governor in November and did not get as much as 3% for Governor. However, the Ohio law says, “3501.01(F): Political party means … Continue reading
Minnesota gives qualified status to any group that runs a statewide candidate and gets at least 5%. In the November 2018 election, the Grassroots-Legalize Marijuana Party got 5.73% for Attorney General. And the Legal Marijuana Now Party got 5.29% for … Continue reading
