As reported previously, on March 17, the Indiana Green Party filed a federal lawsuit over the large number of signatures needed for the nominees of unqualified parties to get on the ballot. Indiana Green Party v Sullivan, s.d., 1:22cv-518. No … Continue reading
Missouri is one of nineteen states in which the voter registration form does not ask about party membership. On May 12, the Missouri legislature passed HB 1878, a very long election law bill. It has a provision for adding a … Continue reading
On May 12, the South Carolina legislature passed SB 108, which bans fusion. “Fusion” means the ability of two parties to nominate the same candidate. BAN had earlier thought this idea had failed. But the ban on fusion had been … Continue reading
On May 12, U.S. District Court Waverly Crenshaw, an Obama appointee, issued an order in Newsom v Golden, m.d., 3:22cv-318. The issue was action by the Tennessee Republican Party to keep Robby Starbuck Newsom off the August 2022 Republican primary … Continue reading
On May 11, the New York Libertarian Party, as well as independent U.S. Senate candidate Diane Sare, asked the state trial court that invalidated the U.S. House and State Senate districts to let them intervene. The intervention would be for … Continue reading
