On July 15, the Kansas No Labels Party filed a lawsuit in state court to regain its status as a qualified party.  Miller v Schwab, Shawnee County District Court, SN 2026-vb-000563.  The state had removed the party because the old state party officers from 2024 had asked that it be removed.  But in the meantime, the party had held a state convention and elected new officers, and the new officers want the party to continue to exist.  But the Secretary of State wouldn’t recognize the new officers.

This Santa Fe New Mexico news story starts by describing how the Libertarian Party has no nominees on the ballot for federal or state office this year.  Then it morphs into a story about how the severe ballot access laws have thwarted the Forward Party, and also kept independent gubernatorial candidate Ken Miyagashima off the ballot.

The Forward Party has a federal lawsuit against some of the restrictive laws.  New Mexico Forward Party v Toulouse Oliver, 1:26cv-2286.  The party’s brief will probably be filed on Monday, July 27.

On July 24, a Republican Maine legislator asked the Secretary of State to rule that Troy Jackson, the new Democratic U.S. Senate nominee, is ineligible. See this story. Jackson ran for Governor in the June 2026 Democratic primary and lost. The legislator argues that therefore he can’t run for U.S. Senate.