This is old news, but BAN hadn’t reported it. On September 17, 2024, U.S. District Court Judge Brian M. Cogan, a Bush Jr. appointee, struck down the New York ban on out-of-state circulators. The same judge had enjoined it in … Continue reading
Richard Winger
Oklahoma law lets parties choose whether to let independents vote in their primaries or not. On April 12, the Oklahoma Libertarian Party voted to allow independents in its 2026 primaries. Oklahoma Libertarians did not allow independents to vote in their … Continue reading
On April 14, some overseas North Carolina voters filed their own lawsuit to save their November 2024 ballots from being invalidated. Cooley v Hirsch, e.d., 5:25cv-193. They put out that they followed all the rules when they voted last year. … Continue reading
On April 7, President Donald Trump filed this brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in State of New Jersey v Trump, 24A886. … Continue reading
California Assemblymember Christopher M. Ward (D-Coronado) has introduced AB 930. Among other things, it would require some write-in candidates to pay a filing fee if they want their write-ins in the primary counted. However, in 1974, the California State Supreme … Continue reading