Litigation

Pennsylvania Political Insiders Intimidate Third Party and Independent Candidates to Drop Out of Races on Threat of Extensive Challenge Fees

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Every third party or independent candidate who filed for statewide office this year has been removed from the ballot in a blatant display of intimidation. Organizers from several political parties and voter rights organizations held a press conference, August 23, to explain what happened and why.
Attending were: state Sen. Mike Folmer; [...]

Republican Drops Lawsuits to Remove Independent Michael Hansen and Libertarian Ed Martin from Ballot.

LOUISVILLE, K.Y. – Libertarian Party candidate Ed Martin and Independent candidate Michael Hansen filed to run for office in Kentucky’s third congressional district, against incumbent Democratic nominee John Yarmuth and Republican nominee Todd Lally, respectively. Cordell Lawrence, as vice chairman of the Jefferson County Republican Party, and David Caldwell filed a lawsuit, August 20, 2010 [...]

Kentucky Republicans Afraid of Democracy

Louisville, KY -  Kentucky Republicans are attempting to remove two candidates from the November ballot for the 3rd Congressional District with a lawsuit filed on August 20, 2010. Ed Martin, candidate for the Libertarian Party, and Michael D. Hansen, independent candidate, were notified of the lawsuit this week. Hansen filed his required paperwork and petition [...]

Free and Equal Radio Show – 8/31/2010

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Kentucky Republicans are attempting to remove two candidates from the November ballot for the 3rd Congressional District with a lawsuit filed on August 20, 2010. Ed Martin, candidate for the Libertarian Party, and Michael D. Hansen, independent candidate, were notified of [...]

Lt. Governor Abel Maldonado May Need An Intervention

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Lt. Governor Abel Maldonado, the California Independent Voter Network and the Yes on Prop 14 campaign have asked the courts to allow them to intervene as defendants in the lawsuit against state Senate Bill 6. A hearing regarding whether they have legal standing to intervene is scheduled for Tuesday, August 24, 9 [...]

Sacramento Press Conference Coverage and Pictures

The Sacramento Bee’s excellent Capitol Alert blog headed by Torey Van Oot gave us a nice mention.
Plaintiff Richard Winger, publisher of Ballot Access news, and Stop Top Two founder Christina Tobin will be on hand for the 10:30 a.m. news conference at the Capitol’s south steps.
Pictures from the Press Conference – Richard Winger and Christina [...]

SB6 Lawsuit to be Discussed at Tuesday Press Conference at California State Capitol.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Richard Winger, elections expert and plaintiff in the lawsuit against Senate Bill 6, and Christina Tobin, CEO and founder of Free and Equal Elections Foundation and StopTopTwo.org creator, will give a press conference on the south steps of the California State Capitol, near the corner of 11th and N streets, Tuesday, August [...]

Richard Winger and Christina Tobin to Host Sacramento Press Conference on Election Reforms

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Richard Winger, plaintiff in the lawsuit against Senate Bill 6, and Christina Tobin, CEO and founder of Free and Equal Elections Foundation and StopTopTwo.org creator, will give a press conference on the south steps of the California State Capitol, Tuesday, August 17, 10:30 a.m.
Richard Winger is publisher and editor of Ballot Access [...]

Sen. Roland Burris is Right to Appeal Judge Grady’s Decision

On Tuesday November 2, 2010 Illinois voters will elect two US Senators. One election will be for a full 6 year term beginning in January 2011. The second election will be for a temporary term for the two months until January 2011.
In the US District Court of Northern Illinois on August 2, Judge John Grady [...]

Georgia’s Harsh Ballot Access Laws Challenged in U.S. Supreme Court by Independent Candidates.

ATLANTA – Georgia has not seen a single independent candidate able to get on the ballot for U.S. House using the 5% of registered voters signature requirement since 1964. In 2008, Faye Coffield aimed to change that record by running for U.S. House in Georgia’s 4th District, but was kept off the ballot. Coffield faced [...]