On August 26, the Arizona Supreme Court unanimously upheld the 2015 law that drastically increased the number of signatures needed for Libertarians to get on the Libertarian Party primary ballot. Here is the 8-page opinion in Graham v Tamburri, cv-16-143. … Continue reading
Tom Kacich, enterprise editor of the Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette, here expresses his support for the August 25 U.S. District Court ruling in Gill v Scholz. That is the U.S. District Court decision that enjoined the 5% petition requirement for independent candidates … Continue reading
Ohio has a strange hybrid system for electing state judges. Parties nominate candidates, but there are no party labels on the general election ballot. Ohio also has laws preventing candidates for state court judge to campaign as party nominees. On … Continue reading
On August 15, 2016, the Maryland State Board of Elections agreed not to enforce a 2015 law that requires independent candidates for all office (in presidential election years) to file a declaration of candidacy by February 3 of the election … Continue reading
On May 10, 2016, independent presidential candidate Souraya Faas filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Texas against the independent presidential candidate procedures. Faas lives in Florida and had filed with the FEC as an independent presidential candidate in … Continue reading
