On September 1, the Libertarian Party National Committee filed this amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Cowen v Raffensperger, 22-101, the Georgia ballot access case.
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The North Carolina Green and Libertarian Party nominees for U.S. Senate will debate each other on September 15 at Davidson College.
On August 31, the New York Libertarian candidates for statewide office filed this brief in the State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, in Albany. 535599, Third Department. Sharpe v New York State Board of Elections. The brief argues that the lower state court was wrong to uphold the exclusion of the slate, both on constitutional grounds, and procedural grounds.
The oral argument is September 9.
Also, the federal New York Libertarian ballot case, which strictly concerns the constitutional argument against the 45,000-signature requirement, will be argued on September 6.
On August 31, the Alaska Division of Elections basically finished tallying the August 16 votes in the special election for U.S. House. Mary Peltola, the only Democrat on the ballot, won with 51.47%; Sarah Palin had 48.53%. See this story.
This election used ranked choice voting for the final round, but not the first round, which was in June.
The term only lasts until January 2023.
This year, Wyoming has more minor party and independent candidates on the ballot for the legislature than at any time in the last hundred years. The Libertarian Party has seven; the Constitution Party has three; and there are seven independents.
In 2020 legislative races, the Libertarian Party had six; the Constitution Party had none; and there were three independents.
For statewide races, the Libertarian Party has candidates for Governor and U.S. House; the Constitution Party has a candidate for U.S. House. No independent candidates qualified for any statewide race.
The seven Libertarians running for legislature are Amanda Padilla, Patrick Gonzales, Dennis Laughlin, Marshall Burt, Misty Morris, Carrie Satterwhite, and Bethany Baldes. The three Constitution Party legislative nominees are Michael Ray Williams, Matthew Freeman, and Larry Williamson. The independents running for legislature are Patrick Junek, Dan Brecht, Todd Peterson, Bruce Jones, Brenda Lyttle, Bob Strobel, and Jeff Martin.