Illinois State Senator Sues Leader of the Illinois Senate Republicans Over Caucus Resources

Posted on by May 3, 2018
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On May 1, Illinois State Senator William “Sam” McCann filed a federal lawsuit against the leader of the Republican Party in the State Senate. He complains that the Illinois Republicans expelled him from the Republican caucus, and now he is deprived of resources to represent his district. McCann v Brady, 1:18cv-3115, n.d.

McCann announced last month that he will be the Conservative Party nominee for Governor of Illinois this year. But he says he never resigned from the Republican caucus. It is not clear why his lawsuit was filed in the northern district, because Springfield, the state capital, is in the central district. The complaint says both McCann and the Republican Party caucus have offices inside the northern district.

Paragraph 41 of the complaint lists all the perks provided to members of party caucuses. These perks are all funded from government funds. The case is assigned to Judge Andrea R. Wood, an Obama appointee.

Eleventh Circuit Expedites Lawsuit Over Whether Florida Must Have Objective Standards for Ex-Felons to Regain Voting Rights

Posted on by May 2, 2018
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The Eleventh Circuit is expediting the case Hand v Scott. The oral argument will be in late July. This is the case over whether the Constitution demands that Florida must have objective standards concerning how ex-felons apply to regain voting rights. Although last week the Eleventh Circuit had stayed the order that the state come up immediately with objective standards, the Eleventh Circuit has not yet decided the big issue in the case.

Tenth Circuit Refuses to Remove Congressman Doug Lamborn from Colorado Republican Primary Ballot

Posted on by May 2, 2018
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On May 2, the Tenth Circuit refused to disturb the May 1 order of the U.S. District Court that had put Congressman Doug Lamborn back on the Colorado Republican primary ballot. The three judges were Jerome Holmes and Terrence O’Brien (Bush appointees), and Allison Eid (a Trump appointee). Goodall v Williams.

Lamborn’s opponents also tried to persuade the Colorado Supreme Court to remove him, but that court also declined to do so.

Newspaper Story on Tennessee Libertarian Attempt to Publicize Unfair Ballot Access Law

Posted on by May 2, 2018
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Tennessee requires 33,844 signatures to get a new party on the ballot, but only 25 signatures for any independent candidate to get on the ballot (except president is 275). The party petition is so difficult, it has existed since 1961 and has never been used, except in 1968 by the American Party. In order to illustrate how absurd it is for the state to require so many more signatures for a party than for an independent candidate, the Tennessee Libertarian Party has put 17 gubernatorial candidates on the November 2018 ballot. The Volunteer Times has a story about this. The Volunteer Times is a newspaper in Campbell County, Tennessee.

The story says 30 independent candidates will be listed on the November ballot for Governor.

April 2018 Ballot Access News Print Edition

Posted on by May 2, 2018
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Ballot Access News
April 1, 2018 – Volume 33, Number 11

This issue was printed on cream-colored paper.

Table of Contents

  1. SOUTH DAKOTA BALLOT ACCESS BILLS SIGNED INTO LAW
  2. SOUTH DAKOTA TOP-TWO INITIATIVE FAILS TO QUALIFY
  3. TWO MORE LEGISLATORS LEAVE MAJOR PARTIES
  4. NEW ELECTORAL COLLEGE LAWSUITS
  5. EX-FELONS WIN FLORIDA CASE
  6. OTHER LAWSUIT NEWS
  7. CALIFORNIA BILL TO REVISE TOP-TWO
  8. LEGISLATIVE NEWS
  9. NORTH CAROLINA GREEN PARTY
  10. CALIFORNIA CANDIDATES ON PRIMARY BALLOTS
  11. 2018 PETITIONING FOR STATEWIDE OFFICE
  12. D.C. REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS NO CANDIDATES FOR DISTRICTWIDE OFFICE ON PRIMARY BALLOT
  13. MONTANA GREEN PRIMARY
  14. CENTRIST PROJECT CHANGES NAME
  15. ARTHUR JONES RECEIVES 16,458 VOTES AND REPUBLICAN NOMINATION
  16. SPECIAL ELECTION, PENNSYLVANIA
  17. OTHER SPECIAL ELECTIONS
  18. OHIO GOVERNOR SAYS HE IS OPEN TO RUNNING AS AN INDEPENDENT