U.S. District Court Judge John Koeltl will hear the various minor party lawsuits against the 2020 New York state ballot access law on Thursday, August 13. The new law, signed April 2, 2020, triples the number of signatures needed for … Continue reading
On August 3, Joseph Kishore, Socialist Equality Party nominee for president, filed this reply brief in the Sixth Circuit in Kishore v Whitmer, 20-1661. This is the case over ballot access relief in Michigan due to the health crisis. … Continue reading
On August 11, some Montana Green Party nominees filed a federal lawsuit to get themselves and their party back on the Montana general election ballot. The party was removed last week by a state trial court. The plaintiff-candidates are Gary … Continue reading
On June 22, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed HB1278 and SB1009, identical bills that extend the petition deadline for certain independent candidates. The bill takes effect immediately and applies to 2020 and all future elections. The old non-presidential independent deadline … Continue reading
Kamala Harris, the 2020 Democratic Party vice-presidential nominee, is the first resident of a western state to be on the Democratic Party national ticket in history. This is statistically odd, because the United States has had western states in the … Continue reading
