U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Walton Pratt will hear Schmitz v Marion County Board of Elections, s.d., 1:19cv-3314, on August 29, Thursday, at 2 pm. This is the case over whether signatures on an independent candidate petition are valid if … Continue reading
The First Circuit will hear Lyman v Baker, 18-2235, on September 10, Tuesday, in Boston. This is one of the four cases that challenges the practice of electing presidential electors at-large. … Continue reading
George Skelton, California’s veteran politics reporter, writes here for the Los Angeles Times that the new California law requiring presidential primary candidates to reveal their income tax returns is just “petty politics.” Also, the Mail Tribune, the daily newspaper for … Continue reading
The U.S. Supreme Court has granted Washington state’s “disobedient” 2016 presidential electors more time to file their petition for cert, in Chiafalo v Washington. This is the case over whether the state can fine presidential electors $1,000 if they vote … Continue reading
Ballotpedia has examined the candidate lists for the four states that hold regular legislative elections in 2019. See that page here. An astonishing 55.6% of the races lack either a Republican or a Democrat. Thanks to Michael Drucker for the … Continue reading
