On February 5, Utah filed this brief in defense of its law that prohibits paying initiative petition circulators on a per-signature basis. Maxfield v Henderson, 4:23cv-112. The state also defends its law that requires initiative circulators to wear a badge … Continue reading
Slate has an article by Brook Thomas, pointing out that there were no government-printed ballots in the United States before 1888. Thomas feels the need to write this because Law Professor Akhil Reed Amar had an op-ed in the New … Continue reading
D.C. Caldwell is a candidate for the Texas State Board of Education, district 10. This is a partisan office. His name is on both the Republican primary ballot and the Democratic primary ballot. See this story. The Texas anti-fusion law … Continue reading
On February 12, U.S. District Court Judge John Tuchi refused to stay his own opinion in No Labels Party v Fontes, 2:23cv-2172. Now the state of Arizona can ask the Ninth Circuit for a stay. The U.S. District Court had … Continue reading
On February 12, the Indiana Supreme Court heard State ex rel Rust v Morales, the lawsuit over the new law that says a candidate can’t get on a primary ballot unless he or she voted in the last two primaries, … Continue reading
