On August 3, a Nebraska state court heard oral arguments in a case over whether the Democratic Party should be forced to run someone for U.S. Senate, even if it doesn’t want to. See this story.
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In 2024, independent presidential candidate Cornel West sued Pennsylvania over the discriminatory treatment of presidential elector candidates. Minor party and independent presidential candidates must obtain a notarized declaration of candidacy from each of their presidential elector candidates, and if even one elector candidate doesn’t submit the paperwork, the presidential candidate is kept off the ballot. But the presidential elector candidates of parties that have 15% of the statewide registration need file no paperwork whatsoever. Instead their parties simply write a letter to the state elections office, listing them.
Cornel West sued over this policy in 2024, and the case has been repeatedly delayed. On July 31 all the deadlines for the trial briefs were extended again, and are now due in October.
Pennsylvania’s policy in 2024 injured not only Cornel West, but also the presidential nominees of the Constitution Party and the Party for Socialism and Liberation.
Here is the story from ohio.news.
on July 27, the Kansas Supreme Court refused to interfere, for now, with a trial court decision that keeps the 3-day grace period for postal ballots to arrive. See this story. The legislature earlier this year passed a bill requiring ballots to arrive no later than election day, but a state trial court had enjoined it. See this story.
On July 29, an Iowa state trial court removed Marco Battaglia from the ballot. He is the Libertarian Party nominee for U.S. House, district 3. The judge left Rick Stewart on the ballot in the 2nd district. See this story.