On August 8, some Texas Republican nominees for public office in November 2022 filed a lawsuit with the State Supreme Court, seeking to remove their Libertarian Party opponents from the general election ballot. In re Self, 22-0658. The only statewide … Continue reading
Several newspapers have recently run stories about the idea that Maryland Governor Larry Hogan might be an independent candidate for president in 2024. Here is one such story. Hogan is a Republican. … Continue reading
On August 10, the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion in Pierce v Jacobsen, 21-35173. The opinion strikes down Montana’s ban on out-of-state circulators for initiative petitions (Montana has never banned out-of-state circulators for other types of petition). The plaintiffs had … Continue reading
On August 10, the U.S. District Court in North Carolina that put the Green Party candidates on the ballot last week refused to stay its own decision. See that ruling here. … Continue reading
On August 10, Rebekah Jones, a Democrat running for U.S. House in Florida’s First District, filed an appeal in her ballot access case. The lower state court kept her off the primary ballot because it believed that while she was … Continue reading
