On July 19, U.S. District Court Judge W. Keith Watkins refused to enjoin Alabama’s March petition deadline for newly-qualifying parties. The case is Stein v Chapman, Middle District, 2:12-cv-42. His 19-page opinion says that the three plaintiff parties, the Constitution, … Continue reading
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Reportedly, national leaders of Americans Elect are planning to ask state officials to de-certify the party, in all the states in which the party is now ballot-qualified. However, there is no legal precedent that gives state or national party leaders … Continue reading
On July 2, the Oklahoma State Election Board filed this brief in Libertarian Party of Oklahoma v Ziriax, the pending ballot access case filed in January 2012 by the Libertarian Party and the Green Party. In June the parties requested … Continue reading
On May 28, the North Carolina State Board of Elections filed this brief in Pisano v Bartlett, the lawsuit challenging the May petition deadline for petitions for newly-qualifying parties. The brief argues that because the two plaintiff parties, the Constitution … Continue reading
The Tennessee Green Party and the Tennessee Constitution Party have filed this brief in the Sixth Circuit, in the ballot access case that those parties won in U.S. District Court in February 2012. Tennessee is trying to persuade the Sixth … Continue reading