On October 12, U.S. District Court Judge Mark Walker, an Obama appointee, ordered that the Florida deadline for voter registration be extended to October 18. Without the order, today would have been the last day to register to vote in … Continue reading
On June 14, 2016, Rocky De La Fuente sued Oklahoma over the requirement that independent presidential candidates this year need 40,047 valid signatures. Since then, Jill Stein has intervened in the case, De La Fuente v Ziriax, w.d., 5:16cv-914. Although … Continue reading
George Skelton, long-time political columnnist for the Los Angeles Times, says this year’s California race for U.S. Senate is very boring. Skelton is a fervent supporter of the California top-two system. At the end of his column, he says that … Continue reading
Most states permit write-ins for president, but only tally write-ins for candidates who filed a declaration of write-in candidacy. In seventeen states, the deadline for filing lies in the future, so at this time it isn’t possible to know the … Continue reading
On Monday, October 10, a federal holiday, U.S. District Court Judge Mark E. Walker ordered Florida to extend its deadline for individuals to register to vote from October 11 to 5 p.m. on October 12. A hearing will be held … Continue reading
