Matt Moore, state chair of the South Carolina Republican Party, has criticized a local Republican Party Club for inviting Tom Ervin to speak to them. Ervin is an independent gubernatorial candidate. See this story.
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On May 6, a New York state trial court heard arguments in a challenge to Congressman Dan Maffei’s petition to be on the Working Families Party primary ballot. The challengers argue that the signatures were collected by an individual who is not really a New York state resident. See this story. Maffei is the Democratic incumbent in the 24th district, and he is running for re-election. Maffei hopes to be on the Working Families primary ballot so that in November, he will be listed as that party’s nominee, in addition to being listed as the Democratic Party’s nominee.
No one in the state court proceedings is raising the constitutional point that New York’s ban on out-of-state circulators may violate the First Amendment.
The 24th U.S. House district is centered on Syracuse, and is considered a swing district.
Ross Ramsey of The Texas Tribune has this analysis of recent close elections in Texas that had Libertarian and/or Green Party nominees in the race.
On May 7, the Vermont Senate passed S.86 by voice vote. It moves the petition deadline for independent candidates and the nominees of unqualified parties from June to early August.
The Daily Bruin is the student newspaper at the University of California at Los Angeles. Here is the Daily Bruin’s news story about the Free & Equal festival planned for Saturday, May 10.
UPDATE: the Festival will not go on as planned.