After the Alabama Secretary of State verified Rocky De La Fuente’s independent presidential petition, he noticed that De La Fuente had run in this year’s Democratic presidential primary, so he has ruled that De La Fuente cannot be on the … Continue reading
Bob Perls, a New Mexico independent candidate for state office this year, has decided to withdraw his lawsuit alleging that New Mexico’s Constitution is violated by the very high number of signatures needed for independent candidates. The lawsuit was filed … Continue reading
On September 2, Michigan state officials asked the U.S. Supreme Court to let the state keep the straight-ticket device off the November 2016 ballot. See this story. UPDATE: here is the state’s application to the U.S. Supreme Court. Thanks to … Continue reading
The Connecticut Secretary of State is working on tallying up valid signatures for various petitions for president and other office, but won’t finish until next week, although earlier it did determine that the Jill Stein presidential petition has enough valid … Continue reading
On September 2, the Virginia Board of Elections determined that Evan McMullin has enough valid signatures on his petition, but Rocky De La Fuente does not. The Virginia Board had previously determined that Gary Johnson and Jill Stein have enough … Continue reading
