A U.S. District Court will hear Americans for Citizen Voting PAC v Wolfe, e.d., 2:26cv-786, on August 19, Wednesday, at 10 a.m. This is the lawsuit over the new Wisconsin law that bans out-of-state circulators, for all petitions except those relating to presidential candidates.
The Arizona Secretary of State has posted registration data for July. See it here.
The percentages are: Republican 35.39%; Democratic 28.11%; No Labels 1.07%; Libertarian .71%; Green .12%; independent and other 34.60%.
At the April 2026 tally, the percentages had been: Republican 35.54%; Democratic 28.13%; No Labels 1.03%; Libertarian .71%; Green .12%; independent and other 34.48%.
No Labels is only the second minor party in Arizona history to have enough registrations to automatically stay on the ballot. The first such party was the Libertarian Party. So it seems inevitable that No Labels will still be a qualified party in Arizona in 2028.
On July 24, the Catoosa County, Georgia, Republican Party filed its third amended Complaint in Catoosa County Republican Party v Catoosa County Board of Elections, n.d, 4:24cv-95. This is the case filed in 2024 to block certain candidates from the Republican primary ballot. The party county officers believe the candidates, who were running for county office, were not bona fide Republicans.
The county Republican Party’s earlier court filings were inadequate, and the party has been trying to re-write its Complaint to keep the case viable. The case is now two years old.
Major parties in Alabama and Tennessee have a well-established right to keep candidates out of their primaries if the parties believe the candidates are not bona fide members of the party. But there is no such tradition in Georgia, and if the praty were to win its lawsuit, that would upend elections in Georgia.
William Forbes, a Nebraska Democrat who lost the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate this year, is suing the Nebraska Democratic Party in state court to force it to name a replacement nominee. The original nominee, who had won the primary, Ciindy Burbank, has withdrawn. She withdrew because a strong independent, Dan Osborn, is given a chance to win the election and his chances are thought to be enhanced if no Democrat is on the ballot. The hearing is July 29 at 3 p.m. in Lancaster County district court.
On July 28, Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen stated that if the Democratic Party nominee for U.S.. Senate, Alani Bankhead, withdraws, the law requires the Democratic Party to replace her. However, her belief is contradicted by many court decisions that give political parties freedom of association to decide for themselves whether to run for any particular office. See this story.
Most on-point is the Seventh Circuit opinion Libertarian Party of Illinois v Scholz, 872 F 3d 518 (2017), which struck down an Illinois law that said new parties must run a full slate of candidates.
The reason the Montana Democratic Party may not want to run anyone is that there is a strong independent in the race, Seth Bodnar. Many Montana Democratic Party leaders want him to win, and most observers believe that Bodnar could win if no Democrat is on the ballot.
