On August 28, the Federal Election Commission declared that Jill Stein is eligible for primary season matching funds, and sent her campaign a check for $100,000.
The FEC took an unusually long time to approve these funds. Stein’s submission had been made on July 12. Here is the FEC press release. Thanks to the Center for Competitive Politics for this news.
On August 24, U.S. District Court Judge David Carter dismissed the case known as Delegates to the Republican National Convention v Republican National Committee, 8:12-cv-927, central district of California. The case had been filed by 119 Ron Paul delegates to the national convention over various disputes with the Republican National Committee. The case was dismissed mostly because the judge said the plaintiffs had failed to comply with court rules.
On August 28, the California Senate passed AB !45, which makes it illegal for groups to pay registration drive workers on a per-registration card basis, “directly or indirectly.” Apparently the bill passed on a party-line vote, with all Democrats in support and all Republican opposed.
The bill no longer has any criminal penalties.
On August 28, a lower New Mexico state court ruled that Independent American Party U.S. Senate nominee Jon Barrie should be on the November ballot. He will be the first person on a general election ballot for U.S. Senate in New Mexico (other than the Democratic and Republican nominees) since 1996. The 4-page decision interprets New Mexico law to mean that signatures are valid even if the voter had moved and had not yet re-registered at his or her new address, assuming there is no reason to suspect fraud or deception. The case is Barrie v Duran, D-101-cv-2012-02233.
On August 28, the Connecticut Republican Party filed this brief in the Connecticut Supreme Court. The case is Republican Party of Connecticut v Merrill. The issue is which party should have the top line on the ballot in 2012 and 2014.
