This New York Daily News story says New York Governor Andrew Cuomo wants the legislative budget bill to include a revision of the definition of “political party”, and an increase in the petition requirement for statewide independent and minor party candidates.
If that happens, it would violate due process to increase the petition requirement in the middle of an election year.
Nick Rizzo, a Democratic district leader in Brooklyn, has this op-ed that says there is no real need to force candidates to file petitions.
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.
