On February 19, the New Hampshire Libertarian Party filed this 58-page brief in the First Circuit in Libertarian Party of New Hampshire v Gardner, 15-2068. The issue is the 2014 law that made it illegal for a group to circulate a petition for recognition as a party in an odd year. The U.S. District Court had upheld the law.
Here is a link to South Carolina Republican presidential primary returns. Thanks to Political Wire for the link.
Here is a link to the Nevada Democratic Party’s web page, showing results for the Saturday, February 20 caucus results. Hillary has 52% and Bernie Sanders has 47%, with 27% of the votes counted, as of 2:30 p.m. Pacific Coast time. Thanks to Political Wire for the link.
On February 17, the Georgia House Interstate Cooperation Committee unanimously passed HB 929, the National Popular Vote Plan bill. There is an NPV bill in the State Senate as well, SB 376, but it hasn’t made progress yet. HB 929 has six co-sponsors, including members of both major parties.
According to this story, Democratic congressional candidate Gary Wegman’s spot on the Pennsylvania Democratic ballot for U.S. House, 16th story, was rejected because he accidentally submitted a photocopy of his signed declaration of candidacy, instead of the original sheet. He hopes that a state court will reverse the decision and put him on the ballot.
