One of the challenges to President Joe Biden’s Illinois presidential primary petition is technical. The objector says Biden’s notarized declaration of candidacy was notarized in the District of Columbia, by a D.C. notary. The objector says he should have used an Illinois notary.
In Illinois, every presidential primary candidate needs 3,000 signatures.
It is HB440, which has been referred to the Virginia House of Delegates Privileges & Elections Committee.
Here is a summary, with links to the actual legislation and the bill’s history.
Thanks to Robbie Pinkleton of the Libertarian Party of Virginia for letting me know.
Four Democratic Party presidential candidates will debate each other tonight in New York city at 8 p.m. eastern time. The candidates are Gabriel Cornejo, Frank Lozada, Stephen Lyons, and Jason Palmer. All of them are on the ballot in at least five upcoming Democratic presidential primaries. The debate is sponsored by Free & Equal.
It can be seen on Rumble and Crowdpac.
On January 5, Ashley Reeb, the Louisiana voter who had filed a lawsuit in December 2023 to keep former President Donald Trump off the Louisiana Republican presidential primary ballot, withdrew her lawsuit. Reeb v Ardoin, in state trial court in Baton Rouge. After a court hearing she realized she had a problem with standing. She is not a registered Republican and the Louisiana presidential primary for Republicans is a closed primary.
