On September 21, a state court judge in New Jersey said that the lawsuit filed on September 18, attacking New Jersey’s discriminatory ballot design, cannot be settled in time to affect the November 3, 2009 gubernatorial election. See this story. … Continue reading
The Complaint filed last week by independent New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Chris Daggett, and Libertarian Party gubernatorial candidate Kenneth Kaplan, is now available here. It is Olson v Corzine, and challenges the format of New Jersey ballots, which always place … Continue reading
The U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th circuit, has set a briefing schedule in South Carolina Green Party v South Carolina Election Commission. All the briefs will be in by October 30. The case concerns the constitutionality of a South Carolina … Continue reading
The Texas Democratic Party has asked the U.S. Justice Department, Voting Rights Section, to retroactively approve its rules for apportioning delegates to the national convention. The 2008 rules were somewhat different than the 2004 state party rules, concerning delegates chosen … Continue reading
Colorado has term limits for county elected offices, but permits the voters of a county to modify or ease those term limits if they wish. Recently the Adams County Commissioners voted to ask the voters if they wish to ease … Continue reading
