The Federal Election Commission will meet on March 23 and decide whether to extend the current exemption from campaign reporting that the Socialist Workers Party has been entitled to since 1974. On March 9, FEC staff prepared a possible draft … Continue reading
Pennsylvania holds a special election on March 21 to fill the vacant state house seat, 197th district, in Philadelphia. With no Democrat on the ballot, and the Green Party nominee also not on the ballot, only a Republican is on … Continue reading
Rocky De La Fuente, an independent presidential candidate last year, currently is suing California over its requirement that independent presidential candidates in 2016 needed 178,039 signatures. On March 10, De La Fuente argued in the Ninth Circuit that the U.S. … Continue reading
On March 1, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously invalidated twelve Virginia state house legislative districts in Bethune-Hill v Virginia State Board of Elections, 15-680. The basis for the decision is that the legislature relied too heavily on race when it … Continue reading
The North Carolina bill that converts elections for local judicial elections from non-partisan to partisan elections, also changes the deadline for all independent candidates (for all office, even President) from June to April. The two subjects of whether judicial elections … Continue reading
