KANSAS HOUSE PASSES BILL QUADRUPLING INDEPENDENT STATEWIDE PETITION On February 22, the Kansas House passed HB 2516 by a vote of 68-52. It increases the statewide independent candidate petition from 5,000 signatures to 2% of the last gubernatorial vote, which … Continue reading
In 2001, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Federal Election Commission v Colorado Republican Campaign Committee, 533 U.S. 431, upheld limits on how much national and state political parties may spend in support of their own congressional nominees (unless the national … Continue reading
LOUISIANA CHANGES CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION SYSTEM; NEW LAW BARS MINOR PARTY CANDIDATES On January 22, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signed HB 17, a bill that had been introduced only one week earlier. The purpose of the bill was to transform Louisiana’s … Continue reading
On February 7, this reply brief was filed in Meadors v Erie County Board of Elections, 23-1054. This is the lawsuit over New York’s May petition deadline for independent candidates. In 2019 the New York legislature had changed that deadline … Continue reading
On February 6, the state chair of the Democratic Party of Minnesota filed a lawsuit in the Minnesota Supreme Court to remove the Legal Marijuana Now Party from the 2024 primary and general election ballots. Martin v Simon, A24-0216. Here … Continue reading
