On November 25, the last two briefs were filed in the Sixth Circuit in Libertarian Party of Ohio v Husted. Here is the state’s response, and here is the reply to that.
The part of the case in the Sixth Circuit concerns whether the 2013 ballot access law violates the Ohio Constitution. The part of the case about whether the 2014 enforcement of a campaign finance law was enforced in a discriminatory manner is still in U.S. District Court.
Former Congressman Virgil Goode, who was the Constitution Party’s presidential nominee in 2012, has become a campaign official in Donald Trump’s campaign in Virginia. See this story.
Breitbart has this lengthy article by Matthew Boyle about the Republican presidential nomination process for 2016.
On November 23, a 3-judge U.S. District Court heard arguments in Covington v State of North Carolina, m.d., 1:15cv-399. The plaintiffs are African-American voters who charge that the 2011 legislative redistricting packed too many of them in a small number of legislative districts, thus reducing their voting influence in many other adjoining legislative districts.
The case was filed May 19, 2015. The hearing was on the request for a preliminary injunction against using the districts in the 2016 election. The three judges are Thomas D. Schroeder (a Bush Jr. appointee), James A. Wynn Jr. (an Obama appointee), and Catherine C. Eagles (an Obama appointee). See this story.
On November 24, the New Hampshire Ballot Law Commission upheld ballot access in the Democratic and Republican presidential primaries for all the challenged candidates. See here. Thanks to Darryl Perry for the link.
