On July 30, Theo Milonopoulos filed a federal lawsuit against California’s ban on write-in votes in the general election for Congress and partisan state office. Central district, 2:14cv-5973. Milonopoulos filed as a declared write-in for U.S. House, 33rd district, for … Continue reading
Richard Winger
The Massachusetts petition deadline for independent candidates, and the nominees of unqualified parties, for U.S. House and statewide office was July 29. The only unqualified parties that submitted petitions in Massachusetts for statewide office this year are the United Independent … Continue reading
Ballot Access News July 1, 2014 – Volume 30, Number 2 This issue was printed on lavender paper. Table of Contents RHODE ISLAND REPEALS STRAIGHT-TICKET DEVICE CALIFORNIA BALLOT ACCESS BILL ADVANCES ACLU TAKES GEORGIA ACCESS LAWSUIT PENNSYLVANIA SUED OVER PETITIONER … Continue reading
The Florida Bar Association prohibits candidates in judicial elections from asking anyone to make a campaign contribution. In 2009, Lanell Williams-Yulee sent a mass e-mail, asking for campaign contributions, to thousands of voters in her district. The Bar fined her … Continue reading
On July 30, New Mexico Attorney General Gary King asked the Bernalillo District Court that is hearing Crum v Duran to let him intervene in the case. The lawsuit, filed by some independent voters, says that the New Mexico Constitution … Continue reading