On February 3, it became known that Rick Santorum is about to drop out of the Republican presidential race. See this story. Santorum had qualified for the Republican presidential primary in every state in which the deadline has passed. That … Continue reading
Richard Winger
On February 3, the Kentucky Libertarian and Constitution Parties filed this brief in Libertarian Party of Kentucky v Grimes, e.d., 3:15cv-86. This is the case filed on December 4, 2015, that challenges the Kentucky definition of “political party.” In Kentucky, … Continue reading
On February 2, the Georgia Green and Constitution Parties filed this reply brief in Green Party of Georgia v Kemp, n.d., 1:12cv-1822. The issue is the Georgia law that requires independent presidential candidates, and newly-qualifying parties, to submit over 50,000 … Continue reading
The Ninth Circuit has chosen May, 2016, for oral arguments in two important election law cases: (1) Arizona Green Party v Reagan, 14-15976, over Arizona’s February petition deadline for newly-qualifying parties; (2) Democratic Party of Hawaii v Nago, 13-17545, over … Continue reading
Fred Barbash has this analysis in the Washington Post of whether courts can entertain challenges to ballot access for possibly ineligible presidential candidates. He finds that such a challenge cannot work in federal courts, but might work in state courts. … Continue reading