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On March 31, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs signed SB 1153. It moves the filing deadline for write-in candidates from 40 days before any primary or general election, to 60 days before. … Continue reading
Richard Winger
A bill has been introduced in the Puerto Rico legislature to cancel presidential primaries if it appears there is no suspense as to who is likely to be nominated. It is PC 76. … Continue reading
On March 20, the Seventh Circuit issued a four-page opinion in Marshall v Wisconsin Election Commission, 24-2746. This was the last pending lawsuit filed by independent presidential candidate Shiva Ayyadurai last year, over whether states can keep presidential candidates off … Continue reading
All year, a case has been pending in the U.S. Supreme Court on the federal law that limits how much political parties may spend on the campaigns of their own nominees, assuming the party and the nominee coordinate with each … Continue reading
On April 8, the Republican Party of Lynchburg, Virginia, filed a federal lawsuit against a new law that makes it almost impossible for a qualified party to nominate by any means other than government-administered primary. Lynchburg Republican City Committee v … Continue reading