On January 10, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the state of North Carolina’s request for a stay, in the case over whether the legislative districts represent an unlawful racial gerrymander and whether the state must hold special legislative elections with … Continue reading
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
