For the first time, the Green Party is part of the Austria governing coalition. See this story. Thanks to Eric Garris for the link.
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On December 31, U.S. District Court Judge Loretta Biggs, an Obama appointee, struck down North Carolina’s law requiring voters at the polls to show certain kinds of ID, or else to vote provisionally. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP v Cooper, m.d., 1:18cv-1034.
Here is the 60-page opinion. The case had been filed in 2018.
On December 31, the Massachusetts Secretary of State’s office said Rocky De La Fuente’s petition for the Republican presidential primary ballot has enough valid signatures. Presidential primary candidates not found by the Secretary of State to be discussed in the news media need 2,500 signatures of party members or independent voters.
The Massachusetts Republican presidential primary ballot will list De La Fuente, President Trump, William Weld, and Joe Walsh. De La Fuente is the only person who petitioned onto any presidential primary ballot in Massachusetts.
See this story about Rocky De La Fuente’s upcoming hearing in the Minnesota Supreme Court, over the constitutionality of letting the Republican Party determine that only President Trump can be listed on the Republican presidential primary ballot.
As reported previously, on December 16, Rocky De La Fuente sued the Republican National Committee, President Trump, and all the state Republican Parties in which the party is only allowing President Trump’s name to be on the ballot. The lawsuit also sues the state Republican Parties which charged every Republican candidate except Trump a large filing fee, but did not charge President Trump any fee. The lawsuit depends partly on the RICO statute (racketeer-influenced and corrupt organizations Act).
On December 31, the case was assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan, an Obama appointee.