On February 7, the Kansas House Elections Committee passed HB 2516. As amended, it increases the statewide independent petition from exactly 5,000 signtures, to 2% of the last gubernatorial vote. This would give Kansas the nation’s highest percentage requirement for … Continue reading
On February 6, the South Dakota Green Party submitted its petition for party status. This is the first time the Green Party of South Dakota has ever submitted such a petition. The law was eased in 2018. It now requires … Continue reading
On February 6, the California Secretary of State added the We the People Party to her list of political bodies. We the People had filed on January 17. In California, when a group wants to become a qualify party by … Continue reading
On February 2, U.S. District Court Judge Philip A. Brimmer issued an order in Colorado Republican Party v Griswold, 1:23cv-1948. He denied the Republican Party’s request for an injunction against the semi-closed primary as it pertains to the Republican Party. … Continue reading
On February 5, the amicus curiae group of 3,200 voters that advocates that the Ninth Amendment protects the right of voters to vote freely for the candidate of their choice asked for five minutes of oral argument, in Trump v … Continue reading
