David Swartout is an independent candidate for U.S. House from Michigan’s 7th district. Michigan law does not permit independent candidates to use any ballot label other than “No party affiliation.” Swartout is campaigning as an independent candidate and he filed … Continue reading
U.S. District Court Judge Michael Watson will hold a hearing in Libertarian Party of Ohio v Husted on September 12. This is the case over whether the party’s candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor should be on the November ballot.
On September 9, U.S. District Court Judge Stewart Dalzell declined Pennsylvania’s request to combine the two minor party ballot access cases. The Constitution Party case was filed in 2012 against the state’s unique system of putting petitioning groups at risk … Continue reading
On September 9, Chad Taylor asked the Kansas Supreme Court to remove him from the November ballot. The case is based partly on statutory construction, and partly on the Constitution. Taylor won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, but then … Continue reading
On September 8, the Ravalli County, Montana, Republican Party filed a federal lawsuit to obtain a closed primary for itself. Montana has open primaries. The county party took this action because in the June 2014 primary, Democrats intervened in the … Continue reading
