Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is asking the Governor to extend the petition deadline, for primary petitions, from April 21 to May 12. See this story. Michigan has a very strange ballot access law for primary candidates. Candidates for Governor and Congress need a petition to get on a primary ballot, but candidates for the legislature and for less important statewide office do not.
The Constitution Party website has some information about how the party’s presidential convention will be held. Click on “Register Now” to learn some additional details beyond what is posted on the front page.
Professor Garrett Epps has this informative and interesting article in The Atlantic about Carney v Adams, the case that is in the U.S. Supreme Court over Delaware’s policy of not letting anyone be appointed to most judicial posts unless they are members of a party that has at least 5% of the state registration. Thanks to How Appealing for the link.
The U.S. Supreme Court had been expecting to hear oral arguments in this case on March 25, but then it postponed all its late March hearings, and it hasn’t yet said when they will be heard.
On Saturday, March 28, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo moved the state’s presidential primary from April 28 to June 23. He chose June 23 because that is the date for the state’s primary for office other than president.
The Democratic and Republican Party national bylaws penalize states that hold their presidential primaries later than the first week in June, but the Democratic Party National Committee will soon meet and try to relax that rule. Thanks to Political Wire for this news.
Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos, a Democrat, wants the legislature to eliminate mandatory petitions for the 2020 elections. See this story. Thanks to Pat Quinn for this news.
