On May 5, the plaintiff in Koller v Brown, n.d., 5:16cv-7069, filed this 29-page brief in their lawsuit to overturn the California law that tells presidential electors they must vote for the presidential candidate who carried their state. … Continue reading
On May 15, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin signed SB 323. It roughly doubles all the candidate filing fees. This means the filing fee for independent presidential candidates, and the presidential nominees of unqualified parties, will be $35,000 in 2020, unless … Continue reading
Arizona is one of a handful of states that requires more signatures for an independent presidential candidate, than for an entire newly-qualifying party. The only other such states are Florida, Hawaii, New Mexico, and Texas. In 2016, Arizona required 35,514 … Continue reading
On May 15, the U.S. Supreme Court revealed that at its May 11 conference, it had refused to hear all four election law cases that were before it. It refused to hear Libertarian Party of Kentucky v Grimes, 16-1034, thus … Continue reading
Earlier this year, two Arizona bills to make it more difficult for initiatives to get on the ballot were signed into law. HB 2404 outlaws paying circulators on a per-signature basis, and HB 2244 says initiatives should not get on … Continue reading
