Colorado election law lets candidates of large parties choose whether to get on the primary ballot by winning substantial support at a party meeting, or petitioning. Candidates must decide in January of an election year which method to use. Michelle … Continue reading
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The Philadelphia Inquirer has this story, which is mostly about Professor Jerome Segal, founder of the Bread & Roses Party. That party is on the ballot in Maryland, but nowhere else. Segal expresses the opinion that the Green Party and … Continue reading
On April 20, U.S. District Court Judge Terrence G. Berg, an Obama appointee, issued an injunction in Esshaki v Whitmer, e.d., 2:20cv-10831. It cuts the number of signatures needed for primary petitions by 50%, and extends the deadline from April … Continue reading
New York Assemblymember Rebecca A. Seawright, who represents part of New York city, seems to have failed to file a “cover sheet” on her primary petition. The State Board of Elections has recommended that she be removed from the June … Continue reading
On April 17, U.S. District Court Judge Dominic Lanza refused to order Arizona to allow initiative proponents to gather electronic signatures. Arizonans for Fair Elections v Hobbs, 2:20cv-658. Here is the 30-page opinion. The same issue is pending in the … Continue reading