Rocky De La Fuente Sues Minnesota Over Presidential Primary Ballot Access

Posted on by December 14, 2019
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On December 13, Rocky De La Fuente filed a lawsuit in Minnesota State Supreme Court over ballot access into the Republican presidential primary. Currently the ballot will only list President Trump. The new presidential primary law gives the state party the sole discretion to choose names, and the lawsuit says this violates the State Constitution. See this story.

De La Fuente also has a federal lawsuit in Minnesota on this point, but it is not moving very fast. The state’s answer is due December 27.

Fourteen Democratic Presidential Candidates Submit Petitions for Virginia

Posted on by December 13, 2019
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Virginia requires 5,000 signatures for presidential primary candidates to get on a ballot. December 13 was the deadline. Fourteen candidates submitted petitions: Michael Bennet, Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, Julian Castro, Tulsi Gabbard, Amy Klobuchar, Deval Patrick, Bernie Sanders, Tom Steyer, Elizabeth Warren, Marianne Williamson, and Andrew Yang. Originally Castro was left off the list, but now he is on the list.

There is no Virginia Republican presidential primary.

Florida Initiative for a Top-Two System for State and Local Office Has Enough Valid Signatures

Posted on by December 13, 2019
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The Florida initiative for a top-two primary (for state and local partisan office) has enough valid signatures and will appear on the November 2020 ballot. There is a slight chance that the Florida Supreme Court will remove it, but that is not likely. A decision could come out at any time.

See this story. Initiatives in Florida cannot pass unless they receive 60% of the vote.

Massachusetts Secretary of State Says Bill Weld and Joe Walsh are Discussed in News Media, but Rocky De La Fuente Isn’t

Posted on by December 13, 2019
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On December 13, Massachusetts Secretary of state William Galvin said that he will put William Weld and Joe Walsh on the Republican presidential primary ballot automatically, because they are discussed in news media. But he said he won’t put Rocky De La Fuente on because he isn’t discussed in the news media. De La Fuente can still get on the ballot with 2,500 signatures of registered Republicans and/or registered independents. See this story.