On February 7, U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin of Massachusetts heard arguments in State of New Jersey v Trump, 1:25cv-10139. There is no opinion yet. Here is a news story about the case. This is the third case … Continue reading
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Five Washington State Senators have introduced SB 5225, which requires primary candidates to submit a petition along with the 1% (of the annual salary) filing fee. Currently candidates for Congress and partisan state office don’t need signatures to get on … Continue reading
This newspaper story has details about the new higher petition requirements in New Jersey, which were increased earlier this month and which take effect immediately. … Continue reading
Three South Carolina Representatives have introduce HB 3557, which would require that candidates nominated in convention must pay filing fees. The authors are Brandon Newton (R-Lancaster), Fawn Pedalino (R-Manning), and Bill Taylor (R-Aiken). The U.S. Supreme Court said in Lubin … Continue reading
On January 30, the North Dakota House Government & Veterans Affairs heard testimony on HB 1297 and HB 1307. The first bill would ban Approval Voting and ranked choice voting. The second would say that no charter city could have … Continue reading