Nebraska requires statewide initiatives to have signatures from 5% of the last vote cast from at least 38 of the state’s 93 counties. On July 14, the Eighth Circuit ruled 2-1 that Kent Bernbeck does not have standing to challenge … Continue reading
On July 21, U.S. District Court Judge Gershwin A. Drain, an Obama appointee, issued an injunction ordering Michigan to restore the straight-ticket device that the legislature repealed earlier this year. Michigan State A. Philip Randolph Institute v Johnson, e.d., 16-cv-11844. … Continue reading
This Suffolk University Poll shows that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are tied, if respondents are not asked about any candidates except those two. But when Gary Johnson and Jill Stein are included in the poll, Clinton has a 4-point … Continue reading
David Gill, an independent candidate for U.S. House in the Illinois 13th district, has been challenged off the ballot. He needs 10,754 valid signatures and he was found to have only 8,593. According to this story, he will soon file … Continue reading
The Commission on Presidential Debates’ 15% polling requirement is surprisingly arbitrary, when one actually reads it and thinks about it. Law Professor Derek Muller analyzes this here. … Continue reading
