On June 22, the Minnesota Libertarian Party appealed its ballot access case to the Eighth Circuit. Libertarian Party of Minnesota v Choi, 20-2244. The issues are the two-week petitioning period for non-presidential independent candidate petitions, and the language of the … Continue reading
On June 24, U.S. District Court Judge Matthew Leitman refused to stay his own order of June 11 in SawariMedia LLC v Whitmer, e.d., 4:20cv-11246. The order had required Michigan to give some ballot access relief to initiative proponents, either … Continue reading
The Eighth Circuit will hear Miller v Thurston, 20-2095, on Wednesday, July 8. This is the case on whether Arkansas initiatives should get ballot access relief due to the health crisis. The U.S. District Court had ruled in favor of … Continue reading
On June 10, U.S. District Court Judge Mark A. Kearney, an Obama appointee, denied injunctive relief to an independent candidate for U.S. House in Pennsylvania. The candidate-plaintiff, Orlando Acosta, had sued over the requirement that he collect 5,752 signatures to … Continue reading
On June 24, U.S. District Court Judge Kristen Baker, an Obama appointee, declined to give injunctive relief to various independent candidates in Arkansas. The lead plaintiff, Dan Whitfield, running for U.S. Senate, needed 10,000 signatures by May 1, and the … Continue reading
