On May 5, Acting Supreme Court Judge Patrick F. McAllister, a Republican, decline to extend the petition deadline for statewide independent candidates, even though the statewide petitions require at least 500 signatures from each of half the U.S. House districts, … Continue reading
On April 28, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Georgia Libertarian Party to file its cert petition in its ballot access lawsuit by July 29. The party had asked for an extension. Without the extension, the cert petition would have … Continue reading
On May 6, the Eleventh Circuit stayed the decision of a U.S. District Court in League of Women Voters of Florida v Lee, 22-11143. Here is the 15-page opinion. The U.S. District Court had enjoined some new restrictions on voting … Continue reading
On May 6, a Georgia Administrative Law Judge ruled that Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene does qualify to run for Congress. He said the evidence presented against her does not clearly show that she engaged in “insurrection”, as discussed in the … Continue reading
The Seventh Circuit has set a briefing schedule for Gill v Scholz, the Illinois case that challenges the 5% petition for independent candidates for U.S. House. The lower court had upheld the law. The plaintiffs’ brief is due May 31.
