Last month a U.S. District Court invalidated a Washington state law that requires independent and minor party presidential candidates to run a notice in newspapers at least a week before beginning to petition. The newspaper notices must say where the petitioning will be carried out.
The state has filed a notice of appeal to the Ninth Circuit. De La Fuente v Wyman, 18-35208.
Washington should either require real conventions, or dispense with partisan presidential nominations altogether, and use Top 2 to choose presidential electors. One elector would be chosen from each congressional district, and another from groups of five congressional districts (or alternatively, one from each of 12 electoral districts). An elector candidate may specify which presidential candidate he supports, which if countersigned by that candidate would appear on the primary ballot.