University of Oklahoma political scientist Ronald Keith Gaddie says in this article that Oklahoma’s legislature should have gone further this year with a ballot access improvement. The legislature lowered the petition for newly-qualifying parties from 5% of the last vote … Continue reading
On March 2, 2015, U.S. District Court Judge Stewart Dalzell, a Bush Sr. appointee, struck down three Pennsylvania ballot access barriers, but only as applied to the Green Party and the Libertarian Party. The laws are: (1) the ban on … Continue reading
On May 18, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear O’Keefe v Chisholm, 14-872. Wisconsin state courts will now continue to determine whether the Wisconsin Club for Growth illegally coordinated campaign spending strategy with Governor Scott Walker during the campaign … Continue reading
The North Carolina Supreme Court has expedited the lawsuit Dickson v Rucho, 201 PA 12-3. All briefs will be in by July 27, and the oral argument will be on August 31. The issue is whether the U.S. House and … Continue reading
Taegan Goddard, who has the politics blog Political Wire, here writes that in 2016, the Republican presidential primaries may not determine the eventual nominee, and that the delegates to the convention might make the decision. … Continue reading
