On December 5, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Hinkle upheld the Democratic National Committee’s right to deprive Florida Democrats of any delegates to the national convention. The judge ruled immediately after the hearing. The case is Nelson v Dean, northern … Continue reading
On December 5, at 5 pm central time, filing closed for Republicans running in the Illinois presidential primary. Candidates needed 3,000 signatures. The Illinois State Board of Elections web site shows that the following Republicans filed: Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, … Continue reading
Oklahoma’s presidential primary filing ended on December 5. Candidates were required to pay $2,500. Eleven Republicans and seven Democrats filed. The most notable candidate who didn’t file was Joe Biden. Republicans who filed are Jerry Curry of Haymarket, Virginia; Daniel … Continue reading
In 2004, Ralph Nader as well as the Constitution Party both challenged Hawaii ballot access laws in federal court. The lawsuit alleged that it is not even rational for Hawaii to require five times as many signatures for an independent … Continue reading
On December 5, Ralph Nader filed this response brief in Serody v Nader, the case over whether his bank in the District of Columbia should be required to give about $80,000 of Nader’s money to the people who challenged his … Continue reading
