This Arkansas Times story predicts that the Libertarian Party nominee for Governor, Colt Shelby, will poll enough votes to keep the Libertarian Party on the ballot automatically for 2028 and 2030. The Libertarian Party has never before overcome the Arkansas 3% vote test. which applies to Governor or President, but no other statewide office.
On Firday, August 28, a U.S. District Court will hear oral argument in New Mexico Forward Party v Toulouse Oliver, 1:26cv-2286. This is a ballot access case. The Forward Party hopes to obtain injunctive relief to place its statewide nominees on the November ballot.
a U.S. District Court will hear oral argument in Leguia v Caldwell, 3:26cv-10263, on Monday, August 17, at 2:30 p.m. This is the lawsuit over New Jersey’s ban on out-of-state petitioners.
On August 14, the Kansas State Court of Appeals ruled that nothing in the State Constitution protects the ability of two parties to jointly nominate the same candidate. United Kansas Party v Schwab, case 128,896. Here is the decision.
The United Kansas Party will ask the State Supreme Court to hear its appeal.
On August 14, the Republican Party of New Jersey notified a federal court that it wishes to intervene in Leguia v Caldwell, 3:26cv-10263. This is the lawsuit over the constitutionality of the ban on out-of-state petitioners. The Republican Party seeks to defend the ban.
