On August 21, U.S. District Court Judge Edmund A. Sargus issued a temporary injunction to block an Ohio campaign finance law. The case is O’Brien v Brunner, 2:09-cv-733, sou. dist. The law says if one candidate in a race spends … Continue reading
On August 21, a County Commissioner in La Plata County, Colorado, switched her registration from “Democratic” to “independent”. See this story. Colorado, like most states, has partisan elections for county office. The Commissioner who switched, Joelle Riddle, says she believes … Continue reading
The U.S. District Court Judge who has jurisdiction of the lawsuit Barnett v Obama will hold a hearing on September 8, in Santa Ana, California, to decide if Markham Robinson and Wiley Drake may re-join the lawsuit. Robinson is the … Continue reading
Carla Marinucci, San Francisco Chronicle Political Writer, published this article on August 21, titled “State GOP May Restrict Primary to Party Members.” The article says that the state party convention on September 25-27 will consider changing the rule that now … Continue reading
On August 18, the New Mexico Attorney General filed this 37-page brief in response to the ballot access lawsuit Woodruff v Herrera, filed by the Libertarian and Green Parties on May 7. The parties had complained that, starting in 2006, … Continue reading
