Independent candidate for Mayor of New York city Jim Walden will sue the City Board of Elections if the Board doesn’t remove his name from the ballot, according to this news story. … Continue reading
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On September 8, the Missouri House gave tentative approval to HJR3, the bill to require constitutional initiatives to pass in all eight U.S. House districts. See this story. … Continue reading
On September 8, the Forward Party, and the organization Open Primaries, filed this amicus in the U.S. Supreme Court in Polelle v Byrd, 25-147. This is the lawsuit filed by a Florida independent voter who argues that the U.S. Constitution … Continue reading
As reported earlier, the U.S. Supreme Court will be hearing a case on October 8 on whether candidates have standing to challenge an Illinois election law allowing mail ballots to arrive by three weeks after election day. Bost v Illinois … Continue reading
The Missouri legislature is in special session. On September 4 the House Elections Committee passed HJR 3. It would amend the State Constitution to say that an initiative to change the state constitution cannot take effect unless it receives a … Continue reading