On February 3, the Kentucky Libertarian and Constitution Parties filed this brief in Libertarian Party of Kentucky v Grimes, e.d., 3:15cv-86. This is the case filed on December 4, 2015, that challenges the Kentucky definition of “political party.” In Kentucky, … Continue reading
On February 2, the Georgia Green and Constitution Parties filed this reply brief in Green Party of Georgia v Kemp, n.d., 1:12cv-1822. The issue is the Georgia law that requires independent presidential candidates, and newly-qualifying parties, to submit over 50,000 … Continue reading
The Ninth Circuit has chosen May, 2016, for oral arguments in two important election law cases: (1) Arizona Green Party v Reagan, 14-15976, over Arizona’s February petition deadline for newly-qualifying parties; (2) Democratic Party of Hawaii v Nago, 13-17545, over … Continue reading
Fred Barbash has this analysis in the Washington Post of whether courts can entertain challenges to ballot access for possibly ineligible presidential candidates. He finds that such a challenge cannot work in federal courts, but might work in state courts. … Continue reading
According to this story, Rand Paul is about to drop out of the Republican presidential race. … Continue reading
