On May 31, David Gill filed his opening brief in the Seventh Circuit in Gill v Scholz, 22-1653. This is the case that challenges the Illinois 5% petition requirement for independent candidates, and the nominees of unqualified parties, for U.S. House. This is the oldest pending ballot access case in the nation.
According to this story, the Wisconsin Democratic Party has filed a challenge to the primary ballot access of Tim Michels, a leading Republican candidate for Wisconsin Governor. Candidates for statewide office in Wisconsin need 2,000 signatures to get on a primary ballot. The challenge says he didn’t list his address properly.
A similar problem kept the Green Party off the presidential ballot in Wisconsin in 2020.
The 2022 Wisconsin primaries are in August. Three other Republicans are also running in the primary for Governor. Thanks to Michael Drucker for this news.
This news story describes the phenomenon of insincere candidates running in the open primary of the Grassroots Legalize Cannabis Party. The story would be better if it mentioned the alternative idea of letting small ballot-qualified parties nominate by convention, which is policy in 17 states.
On May 29, at the close of the Libertarian Party’s national convention in Sparks, Nevada, newly-elected chair Angela McArdle announced that she is pregnant for the first time.
There have been pregnant governors, and pregnant members of Congress, but this is probably the first such event for the chair of a nationally-organized political party, at least a party that had as many as 1,000 attendees present.
The Federal Election Commission has issued a new version of its 2022 chart for congressional elections and primaries, showing primary dates and petition deadlines. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link.
