U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Bataillon will hold a hearing in Citizens in Charge v Gale on June 25 at 2:30 pm. This hearing will deal only with the issue of whether Nebraska can ban out-of-state circulators. The Libertarian Party, … Continue reading
On June 11, U.S. District Court Judge Philip A. Brimmer, a Bush Jr. appointee, issued an injunction against a Colorado law that virtually bans paying circulators on a per signature basis. The Independence Institute v Buescher, 10-cv-00609. The case had … Continue reading
This Hart/McInturff poll conducted for NBC News and the Wall Street Journal, and released on June 24, asked voters “If the choices in your district had the following, would you be more likely to vote for a Republican, a Democrat, … Continue reading
Election law Professor Rick Hasen says in his ElectionLawBlog that the June 24 opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court in Doe v Reed will help ballot access lawsuits. He writes, “It seems to me that the majority opinion silently overrules … Continue reading
The independent candidate petition to place Wendell Fant on the November 2010 ballot in North Carolina’s U.S. House district 8 does have enough valid signatures. The law required 16,929 valid signatures. The campaign handed in 35,450 raw signatures, and 21,084 … Continue reading
