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Illinois held local elections in many places on April 4, 2017. Eight members of the Libertarian Party were either elected or re-elected. See the list here. Thanks to Independent Political Report for the link. … Continue reading
Richard Winger
At 4 p.m., the Alaska House Judiciary Committee held a short hearing on HB 200, which imposes a top-two system. The hearing was supposed to start at 1 p.m., but it couldn’t start then because the House was unexpectedly in … Continue reading
This Montana news story explains that the Green Party nominee for U.S. House in the Montana special election is in the Ninth Circuit, with a decision as to whether he can be on the ballot expected later this week. The … Continue reading
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
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