On February 2, U.S. District Court Judge John E. Jones will hear the ballot access case filed by the Green and Constitution Parties (Rogers v Cortes, no. 06-0066, middle district). Due to a random circumstance, the Pennsylvania statewide petition requirement … Continue reading
Dmitri Evseev has had an article published in the Boston University Law Review, on the mediocre job the US Supreme Court has done in cases involving minor political parties. The article is in the Dec. 2005 issue and can be … Continue reading
On January 10, the 6th circuit dismissed Ralph Nader’s Michigan ballot access case for procedure reasons. Nader v Land, 04-2428. In 2004, the Reform Party was on the ballot in Michigan. Even though the national convention of the Reform Party … Continue reading
Richard Winger will be out of the U.S. between January 8-17, so this site is likely to be dormant for those days.
The Pennsylvania House State Government Committee will hold an informal hearing on January 11, Wednesday, to get a consensus on a bill improving ballot access.
