On December 18, the Virginia Libertarian Party, and its candidate for U.S. Senate in 2014, Rob Sarvis, asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Sarvis v Alcorn. A case number hasn’t been assigned yet. The issue is the Virginia law … Continue reading
On December 14, U.S. District Court Judge James Robart, a Bush Jr. appointee, refused to enjoin Washington state’s penalty of up to $1,000 for presidential electors who vote in the electoral college for someone other than their party’s nominee. Chiafalo … Continue reading
On December 16, the Tenth Circuit issued a 15-page opinion in Baca v Hickenlooper, 16-1482. The appeal had been filed by two of the electors who had said they planned to vote for someone other than Hillary Clinton. The U.S. … Continue reading
On December 16, some Ohio voters filed a lawsuit in state court, arguing that Republican presidential elector Christina Hagan should not be permitted to serve as an elector, because she is an Ohio state legislator. The Ohio State Constitution forbids … Continue reading
On December 14, the North Carolina legislature convened in a special election, and passed SB 4. Here is the text. It converts elections for State Supreme Court Justice from non-partisan to partisan. North Carolina had always had partisan elections for … Continue reading
