The Upstate Jobs Party is preparing to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the decision Upstate Jobs Party v Kosinski, in which the Second Circuit upheld a New York campaign finance law that lets individuals give more contributions to … Continue reading
Richard Winger
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear Robert F. Kennedy, Jr’s appeal on whether his name should be covered up on the ballot with stickers. He argues that he should be allowed to vanish from the ballot, arguing Equal Protection. Independent … Continue reading
On September 18, a Pennsylvania state trial court revived the lawsuit Black Political Empowerment Project v Schmidt. The issue is the Pennsylvania law that requires absentee voters to fill in the date on the back of the envelope. The Commonwealth … Continue reading
Earlier this year the Catoosa County (Georgia) Republican Party refused to place some candidates for county office on its May primary ballot, because the county party officers felt the candidates aren’t “bona fide” Republicans. Georgia does not have registration by … Continue reading
On September 20, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to put the Nevada Green Party on the ballot. The Court has not done anything to help any minor party or independent candidate with ballot access case since 1992, when it struck … Continue reading