The U.S. Supreme Court has docketed Cowen v Raffensperger, 22-101. This is the Georgia Libertarian Party ballot access case concerning U.S. House elections. Any amici briefs on the side of the Georgia Libertarian Party are due September 1. If the state intends to respond, its response is also due September 1. Here is the cert petition.
On August 1, U.S. District Court Judge David Novak, a Trump appointee, issued an opinion in Thomas v Beals, e.d., 3:22cv-427. The issue was whether Virginia must hold elections for Delegate (the lower house of the legislature) before November 2023. The districts are based on the 2010 census, not the 2020 census. The ruling says there are too many procedural problems for any relief to be granted. Here is the opinion.
August 1 was the Pennsylvania deadline for petitions for independent candidates and the nominees of unqualified parties. The Pennsylvania Elections office has posted a list of candidates who submitted petitions.
The Libertarian Party has 19 legislative candidates. That is the most legislative candidates the party has had on the ballot in Pennsylvania since 1994.
The Keystone Party has three legislative candidates. Here is the Keystone Party’s website.
The Green Party has two legislative candidates.
There are three independent legislative candidates.
In U.S. House races, the only candidates (other than Democratic and Republican) are one Libertarian and one Socialist Workers.
The only statewide races are Governor-Lieutenant Governor, and U.S. Senate. There are no independent candidates for those offices. The Green, Keystone, and Libertarian Parties have candidates for all three of the statewide offices.
It is always possible that some of these candidates will be removed from the ballot if there are challenges.
On July 30, John Rensenbrink died at the age of 93. Here is a National Public Radio story about him. He lived in Maine and was one of the founders of the Green Party of the United States.
On August 1, Kansas State Senator Dennis Pyle submitted 8,894 signatures to be an independent candidate for Governor. The requirement is 5,000. See this story.
