On March 18, the Eighth Circuit heard Whitfield v Thurston, 20-2309. This is a challenge to the Arkansas ballot access law for non-presidential independent candidates for statewide office. The law requires 10,000 signatures, which can only be circulated in the … Continue reading
On March 18, Delaware filed this brief in U.S. District Court in Adams v Carney, 1:20cv-1680. This is the case over Delaware’s law that only registered members of parties with at least 5% of the registration may be appointed to … Continue reading
Gothamist has this article about the difficulties of collecting signatures this month in New York, for local office. The article concentrates on candidates in New York city. Primary petitions are due March 25. The article mentions two candidates who have … Continue reading
On March 11, Ohio filed this brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Thompson v DeWine, 20-1072. The issue is whether Ohio should have given some ballot access relief to initiative proponents during 2020. The state says the case is … Continue reading
On March 15-17, the Netherlands held a parliamentary election. Seventeen parties won at least one seat. See this wikipedia article about the election. … Continue reading
