On July 29, the Georgia Libertarian Party asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Cowen v Georgia Secretary of State. Here is the cert Petition. The case involves the Georgia law for minor party and independent candidate ballot access for … Continue reading
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On July 28, the North Carolina Green Party filed this brief in opposition to letting the national Democratic Party intervene in the Green Party’s ballot access case. … Continue reading
On July 28, a Superior Court in San Francisco held a hearing in a lawsuit challenging the city’s charter amendment that lets certain non-citizens vote in San Francisco School Board elections. See this story. The lawsuit says the State Constitution … Continue reading
Cal Matters has this interesting story about write-in candidates in the June 2022 primary for partisan office, who placed second and therefore will be on the general election ballot. Of course these were all in districts in which only one … Continue reading
The New York Times has this story about the fact that no minor party gubernatorial petitions succeeded this year, as a result of the 2020 law that tripled the number of signatures for statewide office, and also increased the vote … Continue reading