On April 19, the Tennessee Republican Party removed Morgan Ortagus from its August primary ballot because she has not lived in the state for three years. Although the legislature recently passed a duration of residency requirement, that law has not yet taken effect. Thus the party action has no support in state law. See this story. The story does not say if she plans to sue. Thanks to PoliticalWire for the link.
The Alaska House State Affairs Committee will hear SB 161 on Thursday, April 21, at 3 p.m. This is the bill to ease the definition of a qualified party. It has already passed the State Senate unanimously. It reduces the number of registrants needed for qualified status from 3% of the last vote cast (about 11,000) to exactly 5,000.
On April 19, David Gill appealed his Illinois ballot access lawsuit to the Seventh Circuit. This is the case over the 5% (of the last cast) petition requirement for U.S. House independent candidates. It is the second most severe in the nation for that office, yet last month a U.S. District Court upheld it. Gill v Scholz.
The Utah Democratic Party state convention meets on Saturday, April 23. It will ponder whether to avoid nominating anyone for U.S. Senate, so as to bolster the chances of independent candidate Evan McMullin. See this story.
On April 19, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene asked the Eleventh Circuit to reverse the order of the U.S. District court in Greene v Raffensperger. This is the case on whether the state of Georgia should be permitted to hold an administration hearing on whether she meets the constitutional qualifications to run for Congress.
