On July 29, the Sixth Circuit affirmed a U.S. District Court opinion in Libertarian Party v Husted, 16-3537. This means that the Ohio Libertarian Party won’t be on the ballot as a party this year, unless possibly it wins its … Continue reading
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders recently explained that he is still an independent, not a Democrat. See this story. The author of the article seems to think that if Sanders lived in a state with partisan registration, then he would have … Continue reading
On July 29, the lawsuit Dorsey v Lamone, a Maryland ballot access case, was settled. The State Board of Elections agreed to lower the statewide independent petition requirement in 2016 and for any possible special election in 2017 from 1% … Continue reading
On July 29, the Fourth Circuit issued an opinion in North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP v McCrory, 16-1468. Judges James A. Wynn and Henry Floyd, Obama appointees, enjoined voting restrictions passed in 2013 that reduced early voting, limited … Continue reading
On July 28, Kent Bernbeck, a well-known promoter of various Nebraska initiatives, asked the Eighth Circuit to rehear Bernbeck v Gale, 15-1983, which challenged the county distribution requirement for statewide initiatives. The U.S. District Court had invalidated the county distribution … Continue reading
