This is old news, but hadn’t previously been reported. The Libertarian Party has chosen Washington, D.C. for its 2024 presidential convention. The Libertarian Party also held its 1996 presidential convention in Washington, D.C. It is believed that no other nationally-organized political party in U.S. history has ever held its presidential convention in Washington, D.C., except that the Socialist Workers Party held its 1980 convention there.
On July 21, the Michigan State Court of Appeals rejected the lawsuit that had been filed to disqualify Ryan Kelley as a Republican gubernatorial candidate. The court said the case was filed too late. The primary is August 2. The court said it is expressing no opinion about the merits. Kelley had been arrested in the national Capitol on January 6, 2021. Thanks to Thomas Jones for this news. Estes v Secretary of State, 362168.
On July 22, the North Carolina Green Party filed this brief in support of its ballot access case. North Carolina Green Party v North Carolina State Board of Elections, e.d., 5:22cv-276.
On July 21, the Secretary of State of Maine asked for a rehearing en banc in the First Circuit in We the People PAC v Bellows, 21-1149. This is the case over Maine’s ban on out-of-state petitioners for initiatives. The First Circuit had ruled against the law on February 7.
On July 21, the North Carolina State Board of Elections filed an appeal in N.C. State Bd. of Elections v Pisano for Governor. The appeal is from a ruling of an Administrative Law Judge that Al Pisano, the Constitution Party’s gubernatorial candidate in 2020, should not be fined for being late with his campaign finance report.
The state is obviously spending more money on this case than it would recover if the fine were collected. Here is the state’s brief. It is filed in Superior Court in Mecklenburg County. Thanks to Kevin Hayes for the link.
