The Last Ward, a Chicago news outlet, here describes the nightmare of petitioning in Chicago for School Board candidates, and advocates that the legislature authorize electronic signatures.
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On June 8, the challenger to the Wisconsin Green Party petition for Secretary of State was withdrawn. So Pete Karas will be on the Green Party primary ballot.
Colorado holds primaries for four parties on June 30. It is unusual for minor parties to have primaries, but if a minor party nominating convention shows substantial support for two or more candidates for the same office, a primary is held. The Unity Party has a gubernatorial primary between Jeff Peckman and Paul Noel Fiorino. The Libertarian Party has a primary for Secretary of State between Alex Astley and Sean Vadney.
On June 5, independent New Mexico gubernatorial candidate Ken Miyagishima filed a lawsuit to overturn the 2% petition requirement for statewide independent candidates. The lawsuit was filed in Santa Fe district court. See this story.
No independent candidate has ever been on the ballot for Governor of New Mexico. New Mexico has never had easy ballot access requirements for independent candidates, although in the past New Mexico had very easy ballot access for minor parties. The only statewide independent candidate petitions that succeeded in New Mexico were those for president in 1980, 1992, and 2004; and one for U.S. Senate in 1996. Ever since 2019 the independent presidential petition has been one-half of 1%, so I am excluding instances of presidential petition usages that were after 2019.
The Kentucky Secretary of State has filed the list of congressional and legislative candidates for the November 2026 eletion. See it here.
The Kentucky Party petitioned for U.S. Senate, and for U.S. House in the 4th and 6th districts.
The Libertarian Party petitioned for U.S. House, 4th district.
The Kentucky Party was formed in 2024, when it nominated Jill Stein for president. Here is its platform. Recently the party persuaded the Kentucky State Board of Elections to tally its registrations. It had 162 registered members at the April 2026 tally.