On April 17, an en banc panel of the 9th circuit ruled that federal postcard voter registration forms, authorized in 1993 by Congress, must be accepted as valid by Arizona. Arizona did not dispute that the federal voter registration postcard … Continue reading
John Wolfe, Jr., who won enough popular votes in the March 24 Louisiana Democratic presidential primary to receive three delegates to the Democratic National Convention, plans to sue the state Democratic Party because it won’t recognize his three delegates. See … Continue reading
On April 16, the 6th circuit refused to stay the U.S. District Court order in Hunter v Hamilton County Board of Elections, 12-3224. This is the long-running election dispute in Cincinnati, Ohio, over whether certain provisional ballots in a November … Continue reading
On April 16, the Colorado Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal brought by the city of Aspen, over whether ballots can be released for public inspection after an election is over (assuming nothing identifies which voter cast which ballot). … Continue reading
This Gadsden (Alabama) Times article says that last week, Bill Armistead, chair of the Alabama Republican Party, wrote all Alabama Republican legislators and asked them not to support SB 15. SB 15 lowers the number of signatures for independent candidates … Continue reading
