According to this story, New Hampshire Representative Joe Sweeney (R-Salem) is drafting a bill that says if a qualified party doesn’t participate in the presidential primary, it must obtain 3,000 signatures to place its presidential nominee on the November ballot, as though it weren’t a qualified party. Thanks to Frontloading HQ for the link.
On July 30, Danny Lee Ford II filed a lawsuit in South Carolina state court to get back on the Republican primary ballot, in the special upcoming U.S. Senate primary. He was kept off because of a new rule that says candidates can’t get on the primary ballot unless they voted in at least two of the last three Republican primaries. See this story.
The Fourth Circuit will hear Hogarth v Bell, 26-1328, on September 15, Tuesday, at 9:30 a.m. This is the case over North Carolina’s ban on a voter photographing her or his voted ballot. The lower court had upheld the ban.
The Iowa Libertarian Party plans to ask the Iowa Supreme Court to restore its gubernatorial nominee to the ballot. See this story.
A U.S. District Court will hear Americans for Citizen Voting PAC v Wolfe, e.d., 2:26cv-786, on August 19, Wednesday, at 10 a.m. This is the lawsuit over the new Wisconsin law that bans out-of-state circulators, for all petitions except those relating to presidential candidates.
