On January 12, U.S. District Court Judge Matthew L. Garcia, a Biden appointee, dismissed the lawsuit Castro v Toulouse Oliver, 1:23cv-766. This is one of the lawsuits filed by John Anthony Castro to keep former President Donald Trump off the ballot in various Republican presidential primaries.
The ruling says Castro’s campaign is too feeble to give him standing. See it here.
On January 13, Taiwan held a presidential election. See the wikipedia article, which shows that three candidates were on the ballot and the winner, Lai Ching-te, won with 40%. One of his opponents received 33% and one received 26%. There is no provision for a run-off.
On January 2, an individual broke into the Colorado state courts building, which houses the Colorado Supreme Court. He did $35,000,000 worth of damage. See this story. The story quotes the Chief Justice as saying he doubts the attack is related to the December 19, 2023, decision in Anderson v Griswold, the Trump ballot access case.
On January 9, the Russian elections office put Nikolai Kharitonov on the ballot as the Communist candidate for president. See this story. This means there will be four candidates on the ballot.
On December 12, U.S. District Court Judge Allen Winsor, a Trump appointee, refused to disturb the decision of the Florida Democratic Party that only President Joe Biden may run in the party’s presidential primary. Steinberg v Democratic Party of Florida.
Here is the 10-age order. It says that the plaintiff, a Florida Democratic voter, does not have standing, and also that the Democratic Party of Florida is not a state actor. It also suggests he should have sued all 67 county election officials.
Steinberg says he will appeal.
