By a strange coincidence, two pending ballot access cases in the Eleventh Circuit recently hit procedural bumps, but the Court has cleared these away, and the two cases will proceed. In Georgia, the Attorney General had somehow missed an October … Continue reading
Richard Winger
On November 18, a lower state court in St. Paul will hear arguments on whether to invalidate the November 3 vote that approved using Instant Runoff Voting. See this story. … Continue reading
On November 9, U.S. District Court Judge Ginger Berrigan, a Clinton appointee, heard arguments in Cao v Federal Election Commission, 08-4887. The Republican National Committee and New Orleans Congressmember Joseph Cao had filed the case last year, to overturn parts … Continue reading
On Friday, November 13, the Howard County, Maryland, Circuit Court will hear Norman v Howard County, 13C-09-76855. The issue is whether petition signatures in Maryland are invalid if the signature doesn’t match exactly the name of the voter in voter … Continue reading
The November 9 issue of the Gaston Gazette has this editorial, criticizing North Carolina’s ballot access laws for new and previously unqualified political parties. This is at least the third daily newspaper in North Carolina that has editorialized favorably about … Continue reading