On December 21, a Maine state trial court upheld the decision of the Secretary of State that the petition to put Chris Christie on the Republican presidential primary ballot is invalid. Christie submitted 6,000 signatures to meet a requirement of … Continue reading
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On December 21, U.S. District Court Judge Irene C. Berger, an Obama appointee, issued an opinion in Castro v Warner, s.d., 2:23cv-598. This is John Anthony Castro’s lawsuit to keep former President Donald Trump off the West Virginia Republican presidential … Continue reading
On December 22, the Arizona Secretary of State determined that the petition to qualify the Green Party is valid. The party needed 34,127 valid signatures, and it submitted 63,000. There were 45,127 valid signatures, for a validity rate of 72%. … Continue reading
On December 22, the Vermont Secretary of State released a list of candidates who qualified for the Democratic presidential primary, and the Republican presidential primary. There are six candidates on each ballot. Candidates qualified by submitting 500 signatures. The Secretary … Continue reading
Some defenders of the Colorado decision Anderson v Griswold say that the ruling doesn’t injure the right to vote, because any voter is still free to cast a write-in for Donald Trump; it’s just that the write-in can’t be counted. … Continue reading