In 2020, the Texas ballots didn’t have a straight-ticket device, the first time ever since the 1950’s. Removing the device effective 2020 seems to have helped increase the percentage of the vote for lower-ticket Libertarian candidates. In 2018, in the … Continue reading
West Virginia defines a qualified party to be a group that got at least 1% for Governor. Last month, the Independent Party of West Virginia, a new group, tried to get Marshall Wilson on the ballot as a candidate for … Continue reading
On Tuesday, December 15, the Second Circuit heard oral argument in SAM Party v Cuomo, 20-3047. The three judges on the case are Robert D. Stack (Clinton appointee), Michael H. Park (Trump appointee), and Steven J. Menashi (Trump appointee). The … Continue reading
On December 10, James R. Adams filed a new federal lawsuit against the Delaware law that requires all judges in the most important three types of court to be registered Republicans or Democrats. Adams v Carney, 1:20cv-1680. The U.S. Supreme … Continue reading
Minnesota’s law on presidential primary ballot access gives the party complete control over who can get on that party’s primary ballot. In 2020 the Minnesota Republican Party decided to let no one on its ballot except President Donald Trump. Rocky … Continue reading
