On February 3, a Vermont Superior Court Judge held oral arguments in Trudell v Markowitz, 612-8-10-wn-cv. This is the lawsuit filed last year, challenging the constitutionality of the June petition deadline for independent candidates. The 2010 legislature moved that deadline … Continue reading
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On January 11, the Michigan Attorney General filed a 30-page brief in the Michigan Supreme Court, arguing that the Supreme Court should not hear the Socialist Party’s ballot access case. The Socialist Party’s strongest legal point is that the state … Continue reading
Maine Representative Ben Chipman (I-Portland) has introduced LD 142, to remove the requirement that a qualified party, or a group attempting to qualify as a political party, must hold a municipal caucus in at least one town in each county … Continue reading
A Vermont Superior Court will hear oral argument in Trudell v Markowitz, 612-8-10-WN, on February 3. This is the case that challenges Vermont’s new early petition deadline for independent candidate petitions. Last year the legislature moved the deadline from September … Continue reading
Several bills have been introduced in the Oklahoma legislature to move the non-presidential primary from the last Tuesday in July, to the last Tuesday in June. They are SB 602, HB 1615, and HB 2138. These bills also all move … Continue reading