All three briefs have now been filed in the U.S. Supreme Court in Kidwell v City of Union, Ohio, no. 06-1226. The issue is whether government can spend public tax dollars to advertise for or against an initiative. The 6th … Continue reading
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Capital University Law Review, fall 2006, Volume 35, #1, has just published an article by Law Professor Mark R. Brown, calling for an end to the challenge system of checking petitions. The article is titled, “Policing Ballot Access: Lessons from … Continue reading
The U.S. Supreme Court will be hearing three election law cases this year, and possibly some early next year. The three that will definitely be heard are: 1. Federal Election Commission v Wisconsin Right to Life, on whether the McCain-Feingold … Continue reading
On April 4, the Missouri House passed HB 894, moving the petition deadline for all independent candidates to March. The bill makes no exception for presidential independents. Therefore, it is clearly unconstitutional as to presidential independents, because it conflicts with … Continue reading
On April 3, the Tennessee State & Local Government Committee defeated SB288. All three Democrats were opposed, as was one Republican, so the bill only had three votes, and four were needed. It is now very likely that a lawsuit … Continue reading