On September 9, the Kentucky deadline for presidential independent petitions, Rocky De La Fuente and Evan McMullin submitted petitions. The state says they will have been checked by close of business Monday, September 12. Gary Johnson and Jill Stein petitions … Continue reading
The Connecticut Secretary of State has determined that Rocky De La Fuente’s independent presidential petition does not have enough valid signatures. The law requires 7,500. Information about how close he came is not now available, but this post will be … Continue reading
The Rhode Island Secretary of State has determined that three independent presidential candidates have enough valid signatures. They are Rocky De La Fuente, Gary Johnson, and Jill Stein. Rhode Island has three ballot-qualified parties: Democratic, Moderate, and Republican. The Moderate … Continue reading
On September 9, three judges of the Seventh Circuit granted a stay of the U.S. District Court order in Gill v Scholz. This means that Dr. David Gill, independent candidate for U.S. House, 13th district of Illinois, is now off … Continue reading
On Friday, September 9, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to intervene in Johnson v Michigan State A. Philip Randolph Institute, 16A225. The Michigan legislature had removed the straight-ticket device at the beginning of 2016, and then months later a U.S. … Continue reading
