On September 22, the independent candidates who are challenging the Arkansas March petition deadline asked for reconsideration. Last month a U.S. District Court in Arkansas had said that early petition deadlines are constitutional if the number of signatures is small. … Continue reading
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Nielsen Merksamer, the California law firm that always intervenes in cases having anything to do with California’s top-two has asked the U.S. Supreme Court not to hear Rubin v Padilla. Rubin v Padilla is the minor party lawsuit that argues … Continue reading
On August 25, U.S. District Court Judge James M. Moody, Jr., upheld the March 3 petition deadline that was in effect in Arkansas in 2014 (and will be again in 2018, under current law), for non-presidential independent candidate petitions. He … Continue reading
Ballot Access News August 1, 2015 – Volume 31, Number 3 This issue was printed on white paper. Table of Contents MINOR PARTIES WIN PENNSYLVANIA BALLOT ACCESS CASE TENNESSEE BALLOT ACCESS WIN ARKANSAS LEGISLATURE CREATES ABSURD DEADLINES CALIFORNIA MINOR PARTIES … Continue reading
If Donald Trump were to leave the race for the Republican nomination and run as an independent or minor party candidate in November 2016, he would be aided by many precedents set in the past by previous presidential candidates who … Continue reading