On September 13, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed A8176, the bill that sets the date of New York’s presidential primary on April 28, 2020. At the time he signed it, he urged the legislature to pass a bill in January 2020 that would move the primary for congress and state office from June to April 28. Here is his statement about that.
On September 12, Rocky De La Fuente filed this response brief in the combined federal cases challenging the California tax returns-ballot law. Even if you don’t normally read briefs, consider reading this one, because it has some interesting concepts that have not been raised by other briefs. At the end of the brief, De La Fuente points out that the oft-repeated claim that all presidential candidates nowadays reveal their tax returns is not true. He points out that in 2016, the only minor party presidential candidate who revealed her tax returns was Jill Stein (Green Party nominee), and she only released one year’s worth of returns.
On September 12, President Trump filed this response brief in Trump v Padilla, e.d., 2:19cv-1501. This is the case in U.S. District Court over whether the new California tax returns-ballot law violates the U.S. Constitution.
On August 31, Earl C. Ravenal died. He was an expert on foreign policy and had sought the Libertarian Party presidential nomination for 1984. On the fourth ballot, he lost by one vote to David Bergland. Ravenal was 88 and lived in Rhode Island, although he had second home in Maryland, and he died there. See this obituary. Thanks to Andy Craig for the link.
Darcy Richardson has decided not to seek the Reform Party presidential nomination, according to a comment he posted at Independent Political Report on September 12.
