On March 20, the Seventh Circuit issued a four-page opinion in Marshall v Wisconsin Election Commission, 24-2746. This was the last pending lawsuit filed by independent presidential candidate Shiva Ayyadurai last year, over whether states can keep presidential candidates off … Continue reading
All year, a case has been pending in the U.S. Supreme Court on the federal law that limits how much political parties may spend on the campaigns of their own nominees, assuming the party and the nominee coordinate with each … Continue reading
On April 8, the Republican Party of Lynchburg, Virginia, filed a federal lawsuit against a new law that makes it almost impossible for a qualified party to nominate by any means other than government-administered primary. Lynchburg Republican City Committee v … Continue reading
On March 18, Common Cause dismissed its very old lawsuit against the North Carolina law that prevents an independent voter from ever serving on a county election board, or on the state election board. Common Cause v Moore, m.d., 1:22cv-611. … Continue reading
On April 9, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. voluntarily dismissed his New York ballot access case, Team Kennedy v Berger, s.d., 1:24cv-3897.
