On November 6, independent candidate Mark Moore asked the 8th circuit to reverse the decision of the U.S. District Court that upheld Arkansas’s non-presidential independent candidate petition deadline. Arkansas law says independent candidate petitions (for office other than President) are … Continue reading
Vermont State Senator David Zuckerman, a Progressive, has intervened in the lawsuit Corren v Sorrell, a campaign finance lawsuit pending in U.S. District Court. Vermont law prohibits anyone who plans to qualify for public funding from announcing candidacy for a … Continue reading
On November 13, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear Wittman v Personhuballah, 14-1504, a redistricting case from Virginia. The lower court 2-1 had invalidated Virginia’s U.S. House district boundaries. The issue is whether the plan packed too many African-American … Continue reading
The New York State Board of Elections has put out a new registration tally, the first new data since April 2015. The new percentages for each party are: Democratic 49.19%; Republican 23.67%; Independence 4.02%; Conservative 1.38%; Working Families .41%; Green … Continue reading
Matt Erard, a Michigan Socialist Party activist, has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his ballot access case. The Supreme Court ruled in 1968 in Williams v Rhodes that states cannot make it more difficult for parties to get … Continue reading
