As noted earlier, on October 16, a U.S. District Court ordered Virginia to count approximately 2,000 foreign absentee votes from the November 2008 election. The Board had not previously considered them valid votes, since they arrived in the mail too … Continue reading
On October 20, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy referred Doe v Reed to the full U.S. Supreme Court. Previously Kennedy had been handling the matter himself, because he has jurisdiction over certain motions relating to the 9th circuit. It … Continue reading
Edward B. Foley, Director of the Election Law project at Moritz College of Law, has this interesting article about problems with the Electoral College that are not usually discussed. His article focuses on the potential problems when one state’s popular … Continue reading
On October 20, the North Carolina State Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that the petition requirement, 2% of the last gubernatorial vote, does not violate the State Constitution. The plaintiffs are the Libertarian and Green Parties. This is the case … Continue reading
The 5th circuit will hear arguments in Libertarian Party v Dardenne, 08-582, on December 3, 2009. Law Professor Mark Brown will argue that the U.S. Constitution says only state legislatures may write laws relating to presidential electors. This is based … Continue reading
