Candidates are in the process of filing to seek a party nomination in the November 2017 special U.S. House election in Utah. Here is a list of such candidates. Two candidates filed, saying they want the Independent American nomination: Aaron … Continue reading
On May 28, the Texas legislature passed SB 5, which eases the existing Texas law requiring voters at the polls to show government photo-ID. The bill allows people who don’t have such ID to vote anyway. However they must sign … Continue reading
On June 1, the North Carolina House Elections Committee passed SB 655, which moves the primary for all office from May to March. The bill had already passed the Senate unanimously. The House Elections Committee did not consider any other … Continue reading
On May 18, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Pitman, an Obama appointee, upheld Texas’ sore loser law as applied to presidential candidates. Kennedy v Pablos, w.d., 1:16cv-1047. The case had been filed in 2016 by Rocky De La Fuente, who … Continue reading
Minnesota has a law making it illegal for a voter at the polls to wear anything that has political associations. The Minnesota law is far harsher than the normal state laws that make it illegal to wear anything at the … Continue reading
