Filing Closes in Illinois Presidential Primaries

Posted on by January 5, 2020
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On January 3, filing closed for Illinois presidential primaries. Only three Republicans will appear on the Republican ballot: President Donald Trump, Rocky De La Fuente, and John Schiess (who lives in Wisconsin).

Thirteen Democrats will appear: Michael Bennet, Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, John Delaney, Tulsi Gabbard, Amy Klobuchar, Deval Patrick, Bernie Sanders, Tom Steyer, Elizabeth Warren, and Andrew Yang. Presidential candidates need 3,000 signatures. Here is a link to the State Board of Elections list.

Prominent Democratic Party Attorney Op-Ed on Ballot Order Lawsuits

Posted on by January 4, 2020
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Marc Elias, a prominent election law attorney who represents the Democratic Party in many lawsuits, has this op-ed in the Washington Post about his lawsuits against laws that give Republicans the top line on the ballot in some states. The op-ed is very good, but it does not say anything about whether the principles of fairness should apply to all candidates and parties. The Elias briefs in ballot order lawsuits sometimes tell the courts that minor party and independent candidates should not be given an opportunity to be listed first on the ballot.

Andrew Yang Won’t be on Ohio Democratic Presidential Primary Because of a Technical Flaw

Posted on by January 4, 2020
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According to this article in The Hill, Andrew Yang won’t be on the March 2020 Ohio presidential primary ballot because most of his petitions did not have a copy of the signed declaration of candidacy signed by Yang. He will campaign as a write-in candidate in that primary.

The Ohio official list of candidates won’t be released until January 7. Thanks to Jim Riley for the link.