On December 20, the plaintiff-candidates in Buscemi v Bell filed their opening brief in the Fourth Circuit. This is the case that challenges the North Carolina independent candidate petition requirements, which include a March 3 petition deadline and over 70,000 … Continue reading
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On December 20, the Massachusetts Secretary of State announced which presidential candidates will appear on presidential primary ballots. He also held a drawing to determine the order of the names for each of the four primaries. The Republican ballot will … Continue reading
The Tucson Star, the daily newspaper, here has an article about the Libertarian Party’s cert petition, in its ballot access case. It is unusual for newspapers to write about cert petitions, when there is no news yet about whether the … Continue reading
On December 20, the North Carolina State Board of Elections added Bill Weld and Joe Walsh to the Republican presidential primary ballot. The party had recommended that only President Donald Trump be on that ballot. See this story. They refused … Continue reading
U.S. District Court Judge William O. Bertelsman will hold oral argument in Sweeney v Crigler, e.d., 2:19cv-46, on Thursday, January 9, 2020, at 1 p.m. This is the case that challenges the 2019 Kentucky law that said that candidates of … Continue reading