On July 13, a U.S. District Court in New Mexico scheduled a settlement conference in Libertarian Party National Committee v Libertarian Party of New Mexico, 1:26cv-1562. The conference will be September 11.
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On July 13, Aaron Day, an independent candidate for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire, filed this brief in his ballot access lawsuit. The Secretary of State had rejected his Declaration of Candidacy because Day had moved within New Hampshire and his updated voter registration form hadn’t been processed yet.
On July 10, an Iowa state trial court heard preliminary arguments in the two Iowa Libertarian ballot access cases. The hearing was whether or not the two cases should be combined or not. See here.
This story says there will be a trial on July 21 on the gubernatorial candidates’ case, and the judge has promised a decision by July 29.
The Houston Chronicle has this feature article about the Texas Libertarian Party.
On July 11, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham died unexpectedly. He had been running for re-election and had been renominated on June 9. News reports say the Republican Party will hold another primary to choose a new nominee, on or before August 11.