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On May 23, the Ohio Libertarian Party asked the Sixth Circuit to put it back on the ballot. Libertarian Party of Ohio v Husted, 16-3537. The party was removed from the ballot in November 2014 because it did not poll … Continue reading
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On May 22, Austria held its run-off presidential election. Alexander Van der Bellen, a member of the Green Party, and the leader of the party in the recent past, won with 50.3% of the vote. His ballot label was “independent”. … Continue reading
On May 22, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously upheld the Virginia U.S. House districts that were drawn earlier this year by a 3-judge U.S. District Court. Wittman v Personhuballah, 14-1504. The U.S. District Court had redrawn the districts because it … Continue reading
North Carolina Representative Ken Goodman (D-Rockingham) has told the press in 2017 he will introduce a bill to help independent candidates. He is rightly critical of the extremely repressive ballot access requirements in North Carolina for independent candidates. They are … Continue reading
On May 20, some California activists who are informally working for Bernie Sanders filed a lawsuit against some California county election officials, and the Secretary of State. They are concerned that many votes, both independents and party members, have not … Continue reading