On June 11, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards signed HB 167. It extends the deadline for a qualified party to notify the state of its presidential nominee from August 18 to August 25. The Republican Party won’t officially nominate for … Continue reading
On June 22, the Minnesota Libertarian Party appealed its ballot access case to the Eighth Circuit. Libertarian Party of Minnesota v Choi, 20-2244. The issues are the two-week petitioning period for non-presidential independent candidate petitions, and the language of the … Continue reading
On June 24, U.S. District Court Judge Matthew Leitman refused to stay his own order of June 11 in SawariMedia LLC v Whitmer, e.d., 4:20cv-11246. The order had required Michigan to give some ballot access relief to initiative proponents, either … Continue reading
The Eighth Circuit will hear Miller v Thurston, 20-2095, on Wednesday, July 8. This is the case on whether Arkansas initiatives should get ballot access relief due to the health crisis. The U.S. District Court had ruled in favor of … Continue reading
On June 10, U.S. District Court Judge Mark A. Kearney, an Obama appointee, denied injunctive relief to an independent candidate for U.S. House in Pennsylvania. The candidate-plaintiff, Orlando Acosta, had sued over the requirement that he collect 5,752 signatures to … Continue reading
