U.S. District Court Invalidates Georgia Petition Requirement for President, Imposes Temporary Standard of 7,500 Signatures

On March 17, U.S. District Court Judge Richard W. Story, a Clinton appointee, ruled that the Georgia petition requirement for independent presidential candidates and the presidential candidates of unqualified parties is unconstitutional. The judge imposed a temporary requirement of 7,500 … Continue reading

Green Party Seems Timid to Criticize Federal Election Commission for Long Delay in Releasing Jill Stein Matching Funds

Jill Stein, who is seeking the Green Party presidential nomination, believes she qualified for primary season matching funds in January, and forwarded all the documentation to the Federal Election Commission late in January. However, the FEC still hasn’t made a … Continue reading

Anti-Trump Conservative Republicans Now Seem to Favor Blocking Trump at National Convention, Rather than Running an Independent Ticket

On Thursday, March 17, anti-Trump Republican conservatives met in Washington, D.C. Although earlier publicity about this group had said that it might work for an independent presidential candidate, this story about the meeting suggests that most participants still believe Donald … Continue reading