Here is the final brief in State ex rel Fockler v Husted, filed on January 9 by the Libertarians who sponsored the Johnson-Weld petition last year. The issue is whether the group’s presidential candidate having received over 3% of the … Continue reading
On January 9, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Libertarian Party of Ohio v Husted, 16-580. This is one of the three Ohio Libertarian Party cases that had been pending. This one charged that the 2013 ballot access restrictions … Continue reading
On November 8, 2016, Puerto Rico voters elected Ricardo Rossello as Governor, and elected Jennifer Gonzalez-Colon as Resident Commissioner. “Resident Commissioner” is the Puerto Rico term for the delegate sent to the U.S. House of Representatives. Both are nominees of … Continue reading
According to the Election Law Blog, the staff of the Federal Elections Commission on January 6 recommended that the FEC not extend the Socialist Workers Party’s long-standing freedom from reporting contributions and expenditures. See the story here. The FEC commissioners … Continue reading
According to this story, Virginia State Senators Richard Obenshain (R-Harrisonburg) and John Cosgrove (R-Chesapeake) plan to introduce bills this year to let parties close their primaries. The Obenshain proposal would also change the voter registration form, so that the form … Continue reading
