On April 18, a federal lawsuit was filed against the New York ban on out-of-state petitions. Schmidt v Kosinski, e.d, 1:22cv-2210. The plaintiffs include the Libertarian Party and an independent candidate for U.S. Senate. New York state is the only state that still bans out-of-state circulators for all forms of candidate petitions. Here is the Complaint.
UPDATE: the case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Brian Cogan, a Bush Jr. appointee.
On April 15, the opponents of Tennessee’s new law, requiring candidates for congress to have lived in the state three years, filed an Amended Complaint in their lawsuit against the new law. The Amended Complaint notes that the provision because law when the Governor declined to veto it. Collins v State, m.d., 3:22cv-225. This lawsuit will move fast, because there is at least one candidate for Congress this year who does not meet the new requirement.
The United Utah Party, a ballot-qualified party, held its state convention on April 14 and nominated 24 candidates. See this story. For the U.S. Senate race, the party won’t run its own nominee because it endorsed independent candidate Evan McMullin.
On April 14, the Republican National Committee voted to continue its support for having Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada be the first four states to choose delegates to presidential conventions. See this story. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link.
Earlier this month, Ralph Nader launched a print publication, “Capitol Hill Citizen”, with stories by investigative reporters about problems with the Congress of the United States. The first issue, dated “April 2022” is forty pages, on paper ten inches by fifteen inches (the same size as many daily print newspapers). There is content other than Congress, but the main emphasis is Congress.
Information on how to receive a copy is at www.capitolhillcitizen.com. Future publication schedule is not yet determined, but it may be a monthly or perhaps twice monthly.
