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On August 23, the Tennessee Secretary of State’s office determined that Jill Stein’s independent presidential petition has enough valid signatures. The office is still working on several other presidential petitions.
Richard Winger
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe has finished individually reviewing 13,000 applications from ex-felons who want to register to vote. See this story. He had originally made a blanket approval, but the State Supreme Court said he must study each individual application. … Continue reading
The Tennessee petition deadline for independent presidential candidates is August 18. The Secretary of State has already determined that the Evan McMullin petition did not have enough signatures. See this story. Thanks to Bradley for the link. … Continue reading
On August 22, Better for America issued a press release, saying its opportunity to influence the presidential election as diminished, and therefore it will end its candidate recruitment and ballot access efforts. It only circulated two petitions for party status, … Continue reading
U.S. District Court Judge Mark H. Cohen will hear De La Fuente v Kemp on Thursday, August 25, at 2 p.m. in courtroom 1707, at the federal courthouse in Atlanta. The issue is the Georgia law that requires petitioning candidates … Continue reading