The Missouri State Court of Appeals is hearing the case over whether a statewide initiative will be on the ballot on Thursday, September 20, in the afternoon. The initiative deals with campaign finance. A lower state court had removed it for violating the single-subject rule. Check back here later. See this story.
West Virginia still doesn’t know which candidates for State Supreme Court Justice will be on the November 2018 ballot. The oral argument in the case to settle that will be Monday, September 24, at 10 a.m. Because so many incumbent members of the Supreme Court are the subject of the litigation, naturally they are not able to adjudicate their own case. Four lower court judges have been appointed as temporary justices to handle the case. See this story.
Last week, a Nevada state trial court declared that Jason Burke can’t be on the November ballot as the Republican nominee for State Assembly, district 5, because he didn’t file a campaign finance report on time. See this story. It is not clear what will happen next. Thanks to the Institute for Free Speech for the link.
On September 19, the nominees of the Illinois Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian Parties for Comptroller debated each other. See this story.
Also see this story.
Alan Greenblatt has this article in Governing, pointing out there are more independent candidates this year with strong credentials, especially for Governor. Thanks to Peter Gemma for the link.
