As previously noted, in November 2021, a U.S. District Court in Maine struck down two ballot access laws that bar minor parties from the ballot, in a case filed in 2019 by the Libertarian Party. But the judge has not yet ruled on injunctive relief.

On December 29, the party filed a letter with the court, mentioning precedents from other states that say when a ballot access law is declared unconstitutional in a lawsuit filed by a minor party, it is normal for the court to then put that party on the ballot. Here is the four-page letter, which includes three U.S. Supreme Court precedents, won by the American Independent Party in Ohio in 1968, the National Democratic Party in Alabama in 1968, and the Harold Washington Party in Illinois in 1990. The National Democratic Party of Alabama, despite its name, was a minor party not affiliated with the Democratic Party. The letter includes precedents from lower courts as well.

On December 17, Texas Democratic judicial candidate Nadine Nieto filed a lawsuit in state court to remove her opponent from the March 1 Democratic primary ballot in Bexar County. Both women are running for a judicial office.

The lawsuit says the true name of the opponent is Lisa Uresti Dasher, but the opponent listed her name on the declaration of candidacy as Lisa Uresti-Dasher. See this story.