On July 13, a state trial court held oral argument in the case in which some county units of the Montana Republican Party are suing the state party, over new state party rules that could result in the expulsion of some elected local party officials. See this story.
On July 13, New Hampshire filed this brief in Day v New Hampshire Secretary of State, 1:26cv-499. This is the lawsuit filed by Aaron Day, an independent candidate for U.S. Senate, to get on the ballot. The Secretary of State had denied him because he had moved within New Hampshire and had not yet completed registering to vote at his new address. Day had cited three cases in which U.S. Courts of Appeals had ruled that states cannot even require congressional candidates to be registered voters, because states cannot add to the qualifications for Congress. The state’s brief doesn’t mention any of these cases.
On July 13, a hearing officer for the Illinois State Board of Elections recommended that Mayra Macias be kept off the ballot. She is an independent candidate for U.S. House in the Illinois 4th District. See this story.
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.
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.
