On July 17, the Pennsylvania Constitution, Green, and Libertarian Parties appealed their ballot access case to the Third Circuit. Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania v Wolf, 20-2481. The issue is the difficulty of petitioning during the health crisis, and also the August 3 petition deadline. The U.S. District Court had denied all relief. The U.S. District Court admitted much petitioning time had been lost, but inexplicably did not even extend the deadline.
If they can find an unbiased and competent judge (like we did here in IL), they’ll get some sort of relief from the requirements. The facts and the Constitution are on their side.
Would the appeal even be heard in time? And how is that circuit’s record on ballot access appeals?