Maine defines a qualified party as a group with at least 5,000 registrants. Earlier this year No Labels had 6,953 registrants, but on May 11 the Maine Secretary of State sent them all a letter, asking if they really wanted … Continue reading
The Colorado Center Party has achieved qualified party status by having registered 1,000 members. Colorado now has nine qualified parties, the most of any state in the west and the most in its history. Small qualified parties in Colorado generally … Continue reading
On September 9, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold appeared on MSNBC and said that the 14th amendment, section 3, likely gives her the authority to bar former President Donald Trump from the Colorado Republican presidential primary ballot. See this … Continue reading
On September 5, a 3-judge U.S. District Court in Alabama struck down the state’s new U.S. House redistricting plan. The state then asked for a stay. Now the voter-plaintiffs who won the case have filed a brief explaining why the … Continue reading
On August 8, an elected California public official filed a federal lawsuit to keep former President Donald Trump’s name off 2024 ballots. Schaefer v USA and Donald Trump, s.d., 3:23cv-1451. The plaintiff is a member of the California Board of … Continue reading
