On June 12, Florida Republicans filed a lawsuit in state court to remove Addison Liberty Patrick, a Libertarian, who is running for Jacksonville City Council-at-Large. Republican Executive Committee of Duval County v Patrick, Circuit Court, Duval County, 16-2026-CA-004155-AXXX-MA. The lawsuit says he hasn’t been a registered member of the Libertarian Party for the last year.

In response, Patrick argues that the law does not relate to elections like the Jacksonville election. The Jacksonville is really more like a non-partisan election, except that party labels are printed on the ballot showing the candidate’s party membership.

On June 12, Florida Representative Paula Stark, a Republican representing the 47th House district, was removed from the August 18 Republican primary ballot for failing to submit a financial disclosure form. She did file the form, but the clerk in the elections office handed the form back instead of keeping it. Stark has filed a state court lawsuit to get back on the ballot. See this story.

On June 24, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, a Republican, vetoed HB 472. It would have required persons seeking an absentee ballot to include a copy of their photo-ID in their application. See this story, which has a copy of the Governor’s veto message.