The Eleventh Circuit will hold oral argument the last week of September in Wilding v Democratic National Committee, 17-14194. This is the lawsuit filed in 2016 by individuals who supported Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination and who had … Continue reading
As previously reported, the Maine Republican Party has filed a federal lawsuit, alleging that the First Amendment’s Freedom of Association clause permits the party to decide for itself whether it wants to use ranked choice voting in its primaries. The … Continue reading
On May 8, Eunice Groark died at the age of 80. In 1990 she and Lowell Weicker were elected on a joint ticket to be Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, under the party label “A Connecticut Party.” In 1994, … Continue reading
On August 30, 2016, Florida held its congressional-state office primaries. One of the closer contests was the race between incumbent Democratic congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz and professor Tim Canova in the 23rd district, which is mostly in Broward County. The … Continue reading
New Jersey is the only state in which partisan primary ballots give candidates endorsed by the party organization a superior spot on the ballot. This New Jersey Spotlight article explains how the process works. The endorsement process is controlled by … Continue reading
