All states have deadlines for independent presidential candidates to file ballot access petitions that range from June 9 to September 9, 2016; except that the Texas independent presidential petition deadline is May 9. The U.S. Supreme Court said in Anderson … Continue reading
On July 17, a U.S. District Court in Arkansas cancelled the upcoming trial in Moore v Martin, the case that challenges the 2014 and 2018 petition deadline for non-presidential independent candidates. The 2013 legislature had moved the deadline from May … Continue reading
Oliver Hall, ballot access attorney for Ralph Nader and also ballot access attorney for several minor parties over the last decade, has this letter in the print edition of the New York Times, February 17. The letter rebuts the implication … Continue reading
The blog of the Birmingham News, Alabama’s biggest newspaper, published an appeal by the Constitution Party for a candidate to step forward to run in an upcoming special legislative election. … Continue reading
This Roll Call analysis shows that in 2014, only four Republican members of the U.S. House were defeated in primaries, and generally those four defeats were not caused because the incumbent was too “centrist.” The article also shows that so … Continue reading
