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.
On July 8, the Montana Republican County Central Committees in Yellowstone and Chouteau County filed a lawsuit in state court against the state Republican Party. The plaintiffs include a Republican legislator. The plaintiffs are fighting to overturn state party bylaws created last month. See this story.
