In a significant development for the upcoming Indiana primary election, the bipartisan Indiana Election Commission has unanimously voted to remove John Rust, a Republican U.S. Senate candidate, from the primary ballot. The Indiana Supreme Court further supported the decision, which ruled against Rust in a...
Rapper turned presidential candidate Kanye West is moving ahead with his long-shot bid for the White House, one that’s becoming even more challenging as he struggles to get his name on the ballot for November.Source: Here are the states where Kanye West is on the...
Kanye West will face considerable hurdles getting on the ballot should he decide to go through with his presidential bid.Source: Can Kanye West actually make it on the 2020 presidential ballot?...
“Board of Elections Staff Cannot Advise You As To the Manner in Which You File Your Documents. Please Seek the Advice of Your Attorney.Source: Political candidates deserve free lawyers: The NYC Board of Elections isn’t advancing democratic interests...
By Staff Writer California’s highest court will decide Thursday whether the state can require presidential candidates, including President Trump, to disclose their tax returns in order to appear on the state’s primary ballot.Source: California’s top court to decide whether state can force Trump to disclose...
Democrats called the decision “monumental.” The state said it will appeal. The current law says that whichever party holds the governor’s office can list its candidates first on the ballot in general elections. That hurts an opposing party, U.S. District Court Judge Mark E. Walker...
Based on social science of the “primacy effect” giving candidates listed first on the ballot a benefit, a federal district court has struck down Florida’s law dictating ballot order of candidates based on the winner of the last governor’s race as unconstitutional.Source: In Extensive Opinion,...
Three states have filing deadlines within the next week. Michael R. Bloomberg’s renewed flirtation with a presidential campaign, less than three months before the Iowa caucuses, has brought back a perennial question: How late is too late?Source: 2020 Primaries Start in February. The Window for...
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has spoken out against the idea that New York should make the definition of “political party” more restrictive. The idea is being pushed by the New York State Democratic Party chairman. See this story.Source: Elizabeth Warren Criticizes New York Ballot Access...
On October 30, presidential primary candidates started filing for the New Hampshire Democratic and Republican presidential primaries. See this story. Three presidential candidates applied in person on October 30. For the Democratic primary, they were Peter Buttigieg and Mark Stewart Greenstein.Source: Presidential Primary Candidate Filing...
