On September 10, the Missouri Supreme Court said that Secretary of State Denny Hoskins had been in contempt of court last week, but that he is no longer in contempt, so there is no punishment. Early, some Missouri Republican state legislators had said if the State Supreme Court held Hoskins in contempt, they would try to impeach all members of the State Supreme Court.
This year, West Virginia has 19 minor party candidates for the legislature on the ballot. That is the most since at least 1936, and possibly earlier. The number of minor party legislative nominees in 1936 is unknown. The only minor parties on the ballot in 1936 were Socialist and Prohibition. The West Virginia ballot access laws became extremely difficult in 1937, and again in 1941. They were eased in 2009, after years of struggle.
This year there are nine Constitution Party legislative nominees, five Libertarians, and five Greens. The West Virginia Green Party has the name “Mountain Party.”
The previous highest number of legislative minor party nominees was in 1998, when there were ten Libertarians.
On September 9, the Kansas Supreme Court declined to hear the case on whether the Secretary of State was correct to remove the No Labels Party from the ballot. The Court said the lower court should hear the case first. The Supreme Court expressed no opinion about the merits of the case. No Labels Kansas v Schwab, 131,015.
The controversy arose because the Secretary of State refused to recognize the new officers of the party, even though they had been elected in the state party convention this year.
The Democratic nominee for Colorado State House of Representatives, 58th district, Alec Lindman, is not on the ballot because the local Democratic Party failed to file paperwork. See this story. As a result, the incumbent Republican is the only name on the November ballot.
On September 9, the Maryland State Supreme Court agreed with a lower court, that Moisette Sweat did not have enough valid signatures. She had been trying to get on the ballot as an independent candidate for Prince George’s County Executive. Here is the ruling. Sweat v Prince George’s County Board of Elections, 2006-25.
In 2022 the Maryland State Supreme Court had changed its name. Formerly it was known as the State Court of Appeals.
