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This news story about minor party and independent candidate filing in Illinois reveals that Kanye West’s petition had 4,120 signatures. The requirement is 2,500. … Continue reading
Richard Winger
The illinois State Board of Elections website early this morning listed Don Blankenship of the Constitution Party as a presidential candidate. Then his name was deleted. But, now (as of Tuesday evening, July 21) it is back again. Thanks to … Continue reading
The Maine Republican Party does not accept the Secretary of State’s determination that the referendum petition to freeze ranked-choice voting for president didn’t have at least 63,067 valid signatures. The party is double-checking all the rejected signatures and will appeal, … Continue reading
On July 21, U.S. District Court Judge Dolly M. Gee, an Obama appointee, denied ballot access relief to Joseph Kishore, presidential nominee of the Socialist Equality Party. Kishore v Newsom, c.d., 2:20cv-5859. The lawsuit challenged the California independent procedure as … Continue reading
On July 17, the proponents of an Oregon statewide initiative filed this brief in the Ninth Circuit. People Not Politicians v Clarno, 20-35630. The U.S. District Court had granted ballot access relief for initiatives. This brief argues that the Ninth … Continue reading