On March 30, the Kentucky Secretary of State asked the U.S. Supreme Court not to hear Libertarian Party of Kentucky v Grimes, 16-1034. Here is the state’s brief. The issue is Kentucky’s restrictive method on how unqualified parties may become … Continue reading
Richard Winger
On Sunday, April 9, Montana Greens collected 600 signatures for their U.S. House candidate, Thomas Breck, who is running in the May 25 special election. They will be submitted on April 10, Monday. It is not clear what the courts … Continue reading
The California Assembly Elections & Redistricting Committee will hear AB 84 on April 26, Wednesday. The bill moves the primary for all office, in presidential years, from June to early March. The author, Assemblyman Kevin Mullin (D-South San Francisco), is … Continue reading
On April 4, the New York State Senate passed SB 218, which repeals the in-district residency requirement for petition circulators, both for general election petitions and primary petitions. The bill adds a requirement that the circulator must not have signed … Continue reading
Some Montana newspapers now have on-line stories about the April 8 ruling of a U.S. District Court that drastically shrunk the number of signatures needed for a candidate in the upcoming May special election for U.S. House. See this story … Continue reading