On July 30, U.S. District Court Judge Terrence Boyle heard the Cornel West ballot access case in North Carolina. Ortiz v North Carolina State Board of Elections, e.d., 5:24cv-420. The West petition for the Justice for All Party has enough … Continue reading
On July 30, ABC News, sponsor of the next presidential debate, announced rules for inclusion to the September 10 event. They are very similar to the CNN rules that pertained to the June 27 debate. See here. Thanks to Derek … Continue reading
On July 30, Kerry Eddy, the Legal Marijuana Now party nominee for U.S. Senate in Nebraska, withdrew from the race. See this story. The law permits the party to substitute a new nominee, and party leaders expect to nominate someone … Continue reading
On July 11, Hawaii state representative Mark Nakashima died. He had been running for re-election and no one had filed to run against him in the August 10 Democratic primary. Nor did anyone to file in any other party’s primary … Continue reading
Although an Alaska state trial court recently ruled that the initiative to repeal the top-four system has enough valid signatures to appear on the ballot, opponents of that initiative have persuaded the Alaska Supreme Court to review that decision. See … Continue reading
