On August 21, the Maine Secretary of State ruled that the Cornel West petition challenge should not prevail. See this story. The challengers said that signatures with a month and day, but no year, are not valid, but that was … Continue reading
On August 20, Alaska held its top-four primary. The only statewide race on the ballot was U.S. House, where neither of the minor party candidates placed in the top four, although the Alaskan Independence Party candidate placed fifth and could … Continue reading
On August 20, Washington state finished counting the votes from the August 6 primary. In the Land Commissioner’s race, there were five Democrats and two Republicans running. The initial election night count showed that the two Republicans would be the … Continue reading
On August 20, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruled against the Party for Socialism and Liberation, which had petitioned in Pennsylvania to get on the ballot for president. In re Nomination Petition of Claudia De la Cruz, Commonwealth Court, 380 MD … Continue reading
This is a guest post from Richard Schwarz, who attended the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court hearing on Tuesday, August 20, on the challenge to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s petition: The objectors spent most of the hearing arguing that since New York … Continue reading
