Here is a short news story about the Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. independent presidential petition drive in Amarillo, Texas. Now that No Labels has dropped out, Kennedy’s petition is apparently the only Texas statewide candidate petition circulating. As far as is known, no party is attempting the Texas party petition this year. The Libertarian and Green Parties are already on the ballot.
A Missouri state trial court will hear Missouri Republican Party v Secretary of State, Cole Circuit Court 24AC-CC02151, on May 9, Thursday, at 2:30 p.m. This is the lawsuit filed by the Republican Party to prevent Darrell McClanahan from appearing on its August 2024 primary ballot. He is running for Governor. He is an honorary member of the KKK and the party is asserting a freedom of association right to exclude him from its primary.
On April 23, the Better Party submitted its petition to be a qualified party in Missouri. The party is centrist and was formed to help Jared Young run for U.s. Senate. The party may run candidates for other office as well. See this story.
Texas permits voters age 65 and over to vote absentee for any reason, but younger voters can’t vote absentee without good cause. On April 22, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Cascino v Nelson, 23-612, in which some voters had challenged the law on the grounds that the 26th Amendment prohibits treating some voters better than other voters because of their age. The lower courts had upheld the Texas law.
The Court had initially considered whether to hear this case in January, and had asked the state to respond, which shows that the Justices considered the case carefully.
On April 22, Marist Polls released a presidential poll. See here. Biden leads Trump regardless of whether minor party and independent candidates are included or not. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is at 14%.
On April 22, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Lake v Fontes, 23-1021, the lawsuit filed by two Arizona Republican candidates for statewide office in the 2022 election. They had challenged the use of certain types of vote-coounting equipment.