Candidate Eligibility
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Information & Analysis
March, 2014January, 2011October, 2010- FL Senate Candidate changes (10/27/10)
Commentary
2016News Wire
Election law news from across the country concerning Candidate Eligibility
July, 2015June, 2015May, 2015- Utah Libertarians become first ‘qualified party’ under new election law (5/28/15)
- Georgia Election Law Survives Challenge (5/28/15)
- Legal group sues to get Fla. justices off ballot (6/26/12)
- AP says Proposition 28, on term limits, passing (6/06/12)
- Election: Prop 28 Would Change Term Limit Law (6/01/12)
- Justices need a lesson in state elections law, a lawmaker says (4/26/12)
- New law stands in way of Eureka man's political aspirations (4/24/12)
- Law court sends Nader case over 2004 election back to lower court (4/20/12)
- Election limitation law falls short of goal (4/04/12)
- Judge Orders Arizona Candidate Struck From Ballot (1/27/12)
- Perry's legal team appeals VA ballot ruling (1/16/12)
- Election panel sues and challenges state recall law (1/06/12)
- Cuccinelli backs away from call for fast fix to ballot law (1/01/12)
- Rick Perry Sues Over Exclusion From Virginia Primary Ballot (12/28/11)
- Old law may play part in judge's decision over New Jersey's recent Fourth District assembly election (12/20/11)
- Former State Senator Nancy Argenziano Challenges New Election Law (12/12/11)
- Idaho settles suit over ballot (7/20/11)
- State high court rules on drug sniffs, election code and ID theft (3/28/11)
- Court OKs messy signatures on petitions (3/22/11)
- NH rejects seeking birth records from candidates (3/14/11)
- Candidates, and Chicago, Await Ruling (1/27/11)
- Ill. high court mulls Rahm Emanuel's mayoral run (1/26/11)
- Ill. court issues stay; Rahm back on the ballot (1/25/11)
- Appeals court orders Rahm Emanuel off Chicago ballot (1/24/11)
- Hughes weighing appeal to decision to boot her off April ballot (1/05/11)
- Let Him Play: Judge Rules for Emanuel in Residency Dispute. (1/05/11)
- Lawmaker wants to wait for election review before proposing legislation (1/01/11)
- NH rejects seeking birth records from candidates (1/01/11)
- Judge keeps homeless man off Oak Park ballot (3/10/09)
- Court refuses to reconsider state ballot rules (3/09/09)
- Oak Park homeless man's ballot fight argued in court (3/06/09)
- Streetsboro man fights election law (2/20/09)
- Homeless candidate seeking court help to get back on ballot (2/20/09)
- Challenge to Obama's citizenship rejected (10/31/08)
- Lawsuit over representative's address dismissed (10/09/08)
- Court rejects state senator's lawsuit to disqualify rival (10/07/08)
- Two Lawsuits to Remove Commissioners from November Ballot (9/30/08)
- Barr Wins Lawsuit; Remains On Pennsylvania Ballot (9/16/08)
- Lawsuit Claims State Rep. Larry Miller Does Not Live in His District (9/15/08)
- Local Election Lawsuit Filed (9/12/08)
- Pinkney Could Face Election Problems (8/07/08)
- ACLU sues SC for nixing Green Party nominee (8/07/08)
- Federal law upsets township elections in Gratiot County (8/01/08)
- Term limit ruling takes two district board members off ballot (7/30/08)
- FDLE closes investigation into Collier sheriff’s ex-captain (7/28/08)
- Editorial: Fairness and rule of law got lost in last-minute flurry of election filing (7/27/08)
- Candidate's voter registration cancelled (7/24/08)
- County spends nearly $3,000 on lawyer (7/23/08)
- Pittsfield Township clerk candidate quits job to avoid potential conflict with federal election law (7/18/08)
- Editorial: Too much confusion over election laws (7/17/08)
- Rambosk resigns from Collier Sheriff's Office to avoid violating election law (7/17/08)
Litigation
Active CasesThere are no active cases on Candidate Eligibility that Election Law at Moritz is covering at this time.
Archived Cases- Strickland v. Blackwell (Candidate Eligibility)
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