Hawaii held primaries on Saturday, August 11. All ballot-qualified parties in Hawaii must use the primary to nominate candidates. Hawaii has five parties: Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, Green, and Constitution. The Constitution Party didn’t have any candidates this year. Greens are … Continue reading
On August 13, the Montana Green Party filed a federal lawsuit, challenging the constitutionality of the procedure for a group to become a qualified party. Montana Green Party v Stapleton, 6:18cv-87. Here is the Complaint. The lawsuit attacks two characteristics … Continue reading
On August 13, the Michigan Secretary of State filed a notice of appeal to the Sixth Circuit in A. Philip Randolph Institute v Johnson. This is the lawsuit in which the U.S. District Court ruled recently that Michigan cannot repeal … Continue reading
On August 13, a state court in North Carolina struck down the law concerning partisan labels for judicial candidates. See this story. The story does not say if the law was struck down on due process grounds (because it was … Continue reading
Chris Collins, the Republican congressman for New York’s 27th U.S. House district, was renominated at the June 2018 primary. But he has since decided not to run for re-election. The New York Republican Party will attempt to replace him. See … Continue reading
