On July 14, the Sixth Circuit expedited the Kentucky ballot access case, Libertarian Party of Kentucky v Grimes, 16-6107. The issue is the Kentucky law that does not permit a group to become a qualified party until after it has polled 2% for President. Kentucky and Washington are the only states in which it is impossible for a group to become a qualified party except by a showing in the presidential election. Those states would make it impossible for any party to be ballot-qualified if they weren’t interested in the presidential election. There are many one-state parties in the U.S. who do not participate in the presidential election.

The briefs are to be filed by July 28. The plaintiffs are the Libertarian and Constitution Parties. The purpose of expediting this case is to make it possible for any decision to be in time for this year’s election. The U.S. District Court had upheld the law on July 8.