On November 18, the U.S. Supreme Court released the results of the November 15 conference. Once more, the two election law cases were left hanging. The Court neither accepted nor denied the Alaska campaign finance case, nor the Delaware case on whether independent and minor party members can be automatically excluded from being state judges just because of their partisan registration. Thompson v Hebdon, 19-122; and Carney v Adams, 19-309.
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As noted earlier, the only candidate for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, Josh Mahony, withdrew a few hours after the primary filing deadline had closed. This article says the party can replace him if he has a “serious health” problem.
When Mahony withdrew, he said there are “family health concerns” but he did not specify whose health he was talking about.
Meanwhile, this story suggests that Mahony withdrew after he was informed that the Republican Party had done opposition research on him, and found damaging information. The story says the party had this information before the filing deadline, but did not communicate it until after the hearing.
The California Secretary of State’s application for candidates to appear on a presidential primary ballot is here. It is due November 26, 2019.
Here is the list of the seventeen Democratic presidential candidates who will be listed on the Alabama 2020 presidential primary. The only name on the list who is not on in the New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary is Michael R. Bloomberg.
Candidates need 500 signatures to be on an Alabama presidential primary ballot. Any registered voter may sign.
