On August 14, the Wisconsin state elections office determined that Jill Stein (Green Party presidential nominee) and Jerry White (Socialist Equality Party presidential nominee) should be on the November ballot, even though their slate of presidential elector candidates did not include at least one resident of each U.S. House district. The office made this decision based on a 2004 precedent from the State Supreme Court that Ralph Nader had won.
Independent Political Report has the details about the Pennsylvania challenge process this year. See here, and also read the first comment which expands the post.
The Coalition for Free & Open Elections (COFOE) has just made a donation to help fund the lawsuit Stein v Chapman, the ballot access lawsuit pending in Alabama. The lawsuit challenges the March petition deadline for newly-qualifying parties in presidential election years. So far, the judge has denied injunctive relief, but the matter of whether the deadline is constitutional or not is not settled.
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On August 15, a Pennsylvania lower state court refused to enjoin the use of Pennsylvania’s new law that requires voters at the polls to show government photo-ID. Here is commentary about the decision from Rick Hasen, which includes a link to the 70-page decision. That decision is Applewhite v Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 330 MD 2012.
According to this story, the Arkansas AFL-CIO has endorsed Rebekah Kennedy for U.S. House, in the Arkansas Third District.
