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6 rock star Democrats who could be New Jersey’s next governor
2 weeks ago

6 rock star Democrats who could be New Jersey’s next governor

Politico  

The results in the Garden State’s cities, suburbs and farmland will give Democrats a chance to see what resonates with their party’s voters after this year’s catastrophic setbacks in Washington. Next year’s primary almost certainly will be the first in memory without a unique ballot design that for decades gave Jersey’s party bosses outsize influence in primary elections, which means …

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Indiana justices, elections board kick GOP US Senate candidate off primary ballot
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Indiana justices, elections board kick GOP US Senate candidate off primary ballot

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. INDIANAPOLIS — The bipartisan Indiana Election Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to remove one of two Republican U.S. Senate candidates from the primary ballot, and the state Supreme Court rejected his legal challenge to the law barring his candidacy. Rust had sued state officials over Indiana’s law requiring that candidates must …

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US Rep. Andy Kim sues over what he calls New Jersey's 'cynically manipulated' ballot system
9 months, 4 weeks ago

US Rep. Andy Kim sues over what he calls New Jersey's 'cynically manipulated' ballot system

Hindustan Times  

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey's primary ballot design unconstitutionally favors candidates who have the support of political party leaders and should be scrapped, U.S. Rep. Andy Kim, who's locked in a primary contest for U.S. Senate against the state's first lady Tammy Murphy, said in a federal lawsuit filed Monday. HT Image The suit seeks to upend New Jersey's unique …

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Trump will remain on Illinois primary ballot after 14th Amendment challenge
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump will remain on Illinois primary ballot after 14th Amendment challenge

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Donald Trump will remain on the 2024 presidential primary ballot …

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Illinois election officials to weigh recommendation to remove Trump’s name from March primary ballot
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Illinois election officials to weigh recommendation to remove Trump’s name from March primary ballot

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Former President Donald Trump should be removed from Illinois’ primary ballot, but the decision should be left to the courts, a retired judge recommended Sunday to the state’s election board, arguing that it was clear Trump engaged in insurrection in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. But he said the election board can’t engage in …

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Maine’s top court dismisses an appeal of a judge’s decision on Trump’s ballot status
11 months ago

Maine’s top court dismisses an appeal of a judge’s decision on Trump’s ballot status

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Maine — Maine’s top court has declined to weigh in on whether former President Donald Trump can stay on the state’s ballot, keeping intact a judge’s decision that the U.S. Supreme Court must first rule on a similar case in Colorado. Democratic Secretary of State Shenna Bellows concluded that Trump didn’t meet ballot qualifications under the insurrection clause in …

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Biden Wins New Hampshire Primary Without Being On The Ballot
11 months ago

Biden Wins New Hampshire Primary Without Being On The Ballot

Huff Post  

President Joe Biden's hold on the Democratic nomination was never in question, but the win in New Hampshire could undermine detractors within his party. Winning a write-in campaign is a really hard thing to do.” Biden did not campaign in New Hampshire or appear on the ballot in keeping with the Democratic National Committee’s decision to punish the state for …

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Donald Trump appeals Maine's decision to ban him from 2024 primary ballot
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Donald Trump appeals Maine's decision to ban him from 2024 primary ballot

India Today  

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday appealed a ruling by Maine’s secretary of state barring him from the state’s primary ballot over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Trump made the opposite argument defending against his prosecution for fraud by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, contending the case should move to federal court because …

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Maine bars Trump from primary ballot; an Israeli strike in Gaza kills at least 20
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Maine bars Trump from primary ballot; an Israeli strike in Gaza kills at least 20

NPR  

Maine bars Trump from primary ballot; an Israeli strike in Gaza kills at least 20 Good morning. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, released a 34-page ruling yesterday evening concluding that Trump's primary election petition is "invalid." Enlarge this image toggle caption Reba Saldanha/AP Reba Saldanha/AP Thousands of Palestinians are fleeing Israel's expanding offensive into central and southern …

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Michigan Supreme Court keeps Donald Trump on 2024 primary ballot
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Michigan Supreme Court keeps Donald Trump on 2024 primary ballot

Al Jazeera  

US state’s top court refuses to hear appeal seeking to keep the ex-president from appearing on primary ballot. Michigan’s Supreme Court is keeping former President Donald Trump on the state’s primary election ballot. The court on Wednesday said it will not hear an appeal of a lower court’s ruling from groups seeking to keep Trump from appearing on the primary …

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Donald Trump’s GOP rivals once again compelled to rally to his defense after Colorado ruling
1 year ago

Donald Trump’s GOP rivals once again compelled to rally to his defense after Colorado ruling

Associated Press  

AMES, Iowa — With less than a month to go before voting begins, Donald Trump ‘s Republican rivals are once again rallying to his defense, this time after Colorado’s Supreme Court ruled to remove him from the state’s presidential primary ballot under the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause. Just as they had following Trump’s successive indictments as he racked up 91 …

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Michigan high court declines to immediately hear appeal of ruling allowing Trump on primary ballot
1 year ago

Michigan high court declines to immediately hear appeal of ruling allowing Trump on primary ballot

Associated Press  

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Supreme Court refused Wednesday to immediately hear an appeal of a lower court’s ruling that would allow former President Donald Trump’s name to be on the state’s presidential primary ballot. They argued that time was “of the essence” due to “the pressing need to finalize and print the ballots for the presidential primary election.” The …

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Group asks Michigan Supreme Court to hear an appeal of a ruling in Trump ballot case
1 year, 1 month ago

Group asks Michigan Supreme Court to hear an appeal of a ruling in Trump ballot case

Associated Press  

Attorneys for a group of Michigan activists are asking the state Supreme Court to hear an appeal of a lower court’s ruling that would allow former President Donald Trump’s name on the state’s presidential primary ballot. Filings late Thursday afternoon seek an “immediate and expedited consideration” for appeal and an “emergency application” to bypass the state Appeals Court. Time is …

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Michigan judge says Trump can stay on primary ballot, rejecting challenge under insurrection clause
1 year, 1 month ago

Michigan judge says Trump can stay on primary ballot, rejecting challenge under insurrection clause

Associated Press  

DETROIT — A Michigan judge ruled Tuesday that former President Donald Trump will remain on the state’s primary ballot, dealing a blow to the effort to stop Trump’s candidacy with a Civil War-era Constitutional clause. It marks the second time in a week that a state court declined to remove Trump from a primary ballot under the insurrection provision of …

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Minnesota Supreme Court dismisses ‘insurrection clause’ challenge and allows Trump on primary ballot
1 year, 1 month ago

Minnesota Supreme Court dismisses ‘insurrection clause’ challenge and allows Trump on primary ballot

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — Former President Donald Trump will stay on the Minnesota primary ballot after the state supreme court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit seeking end his candidacy under a rarely-used constitutional provision that forbids those who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office. “However, the Minnesota Supreme Court explicitly recognized that the question of Donald Trump’s disqualification for engaging in insurrection …

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Indiana US Senate candidate files suit challenging law that may keep him off the ballot
1 year, 3 months ago

Indiana US Senate candidate files suit challenging law that may keep him off the ballot

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — An egg farmer seeking the Republican nomination for Indiana’s open U.S. Senate seat in 2024 filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the constitutionality of a state law that could prevent him from getting on the ballot. John Rust, the chair of Seymour-based Rose Acre Farms, filed the lawsuit against Secretary of State Diego Morales, the Indiana Election Commission and …

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Pennsylvania sues 3 counties over counting mail-in ballots
2 years, 5 months ago

Pennsylvania sues 3 counties over counting mail-in ballots

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s elections agency sued three Republican-controlled county governments on Tuesday, seeking to force their election boards to report primary results that include ballots with undated exterior envelopes — the subject of several other lawsuits. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled May 20 that mail-in ballots without a required date on the return envelope must be allowed in a …

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Democrat Finkenauer asks Iowa justices to keep her on ballot
2 years, 8 months ago

Democrat Finkenauer asks Iowa justices to keep her on ballot

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — A lawyer for former Democratic Rep. Abby Finkenauer of Iowa asked the state Supreme Court on Wednesday to overturn a lower court judge’s ruling that kicked her off the June primary ballot, saying she deserves the chance to vie for the chance to run against Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley in November. Finkenauer, whom many Democrats see …

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Michigan House votes to move August primary to June
3 years, 7 months ago

Michigan House votes to move August primary to June

Associated Press  

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan’s August primary date would be moved six weeks earlier, to June, and the state would be required to more quickly check if ballot drives have submitted enough qualifying signatures for the general election under bills approved Tuesday in the House. The Republican-led chamber also passed legislation that would make county clerks directly update the voter file …

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Minnesota waives absentee ballot witness signature mandate
4 years, 6 months ago

Minnesota waives absentee ballot witness signature mandate

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota will waive its witness requirements for absentee ballots for the statewide primary election in August under the settlement of two lawsuits sparked by the health threat from the coronavirus pandemic. Under the settlements, Simon agreed that mailed-in absentee ballots for the primary will be accepted even if they don’t have witness signatures, and that ballots received within …

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