Jul
20
2012
Source: Ballot Access News
On July 16, North Carolina filed this brief in the ballot access case Pisano v Bartlett. This is the case filed by the Green Party and the Constitution Party, challenging the May petition deadline for newly-qualifying parties. The judge in this case has already refused to grant an injunction against the deadline, but the case is set to explore whether the deadline is unconstitutional, in proceedings stretching out into next year. Read more »
Jul
20
2012
Source: Ballot Access News
Alex Vassar’s “OneVoter” blog has been covering California elections for many years, and also has a database of California election returns from the past. This OneVoter post covers the six candidates who won a spot on the November 2012 ballot via write-in votes. In California Congressional and legislative races at the June 5 primary, there were eight offices for which only one person filed to be on the top-two open primary ballot. In six of those districts, write-ins Read more »
Jul
20
2012
Source: Ballot Access News
As has been previously reported, in 2011 a U.S. District Court Judge put the Ohio Libertarian Party on the ballot for the 2012 election, which caused the Ohio Secretary of State to also put other minor parties on the 2012 ballot (Americans Elect, Constitution, Green, and Socialist). The Secretary of State did not appeal the 2011 decision, but the Ohio legislature intervened in the case and appealed to the 6th Circuit. The hearing for the legislature’s appeal is set for July 24 in Read more »
