Last month, the Independent Party became a ballot-qualified party in Louisiana. It became a party by showing that over 1,000 voters are registered as members of the party, and by the state officers paying a filing fee of $1,000. The … Continue reading
On January 9, 2017, Rocky De La Fuente asked permission from a federal court in Pennsylvania to amend his complaint in his ballot access case. The issue is whether Pennsylvania can constitutionally bar persons who ran in a presidential primary … Continue reading
Here is the final brief in State ex rel Fockler v Husted, filed on January 9 by the Libertarians who sponsored the Johnson-Weld petition last year. The issue is whether the group’s presidential candidate having received over 3% of the … Continue reading
On January 9, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Libertarian Party of Ohio v Husted, 16-580. This is one of the three Ohio Libertarian Party cases that had been pending. This one charged that the 2013 ballot access restrictions … Continue reading
On November 8, 2016, Puerto Rico voters elected Ricardo Rossello as Governor, and elected Jennifer Gonzalez-Colon as Resident Commissioner. “Resident Commissioner” is the Puerto Rico term for the delegate sent to the U.S. House of Representatives. Both are nominees of … Continue reading
