On October 10, the Iowa Libertarian and Green Parties each turned in “voter registration form” petitions. Assuming each petition has at least 850 signatures of registered voters, the two parties will be listed on voter registration forms as a choice. This procedure exists because the two parties won their lawsuit on this matter earlier this year.
On October 9, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Jones v Montana University System, 07-223, the case involving a gubernatorial debate in 2004 sponsored by the state university. The debate sponsors only invited the Democratic and Republican gubernatorial candidates, so the Green and Libertarian candidates had sued the university, but had obtained no relief.
On October 9, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Jones v Montana University System, 07-223, the case involving a gubernatorial debate in 2004 sponsored by the state university. The debate sponsors only invited the Democratic and Republican gubernatorial candidates, so the Green and Libertarian candidates had sued the university, but had obtained no relief.
California law has been settled since 1980, that large shopping malls must permit petitioning, even if that mall is private property. However, on October 5, a California State Court of Appeals ruled that when a large mall contains some very large stores with their own individual entrances, petitioning may be banned in front of those individual store entrances. The case is Vernon Van v Home Depot, B190831. It doesn’t make any difference whether the mall itself owns the property, or whether the individual store owns the property. The court differentiated bewteen the part of a mall that is used by people entering or exiting just one store, versus parts of malls that have a greater variety of usage.
The January 15 Democratic Michigan primary ballots will list Hillary Clinton, Dennis Kucinich, Mike Gravel, and Chris Dodd. Although Kucinich’s web site had said he would withdraw his name, he did not withdraw. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link to the official Secretary of State list. It is posssible other names will be added by petition in the next few weeks, but these candidates are on automatically.
The January 15 Republican Michigan primary will contain the same 9 candidates who debated in Michigan on October 9, plus any additional candidates who successfully petition in the next few weeks. Alan Keyes is petitioning.
