The Austin Chronicle is a free weekly print alternative newspaper in Austin, Texas. It has a law question-and-answer column written by Luke Ellis. In this issue, a reader asks how an independent candidate gets on the ballot in Texas, and the author is detailed and accurate, and shows how bad the law is. See the column here.

As the columnn says, any 2022 independent candidate must file paperwork before the end of 2021. However, if the Texas 2022 primary is postponed due to any court changing the redistricting, there would be some relief from such an early deadline. The column did not mention there there is also a ballot access lawsuit pending in U.S. District Court that, if it wins, would change the procedure.

Honduras held a presidential and a congressional election on November 28, 2021. Fifteen candidates were on the ballot for president. Xiomara Castro, nominee of the Liberty & Refoundation Party, was elected with 52.7%.

Nine parties won some representation in Congress. Honduras uses proportional representation for congressional elections. See this wikipedia story.

The Georgia ballot access case Cowen v Raffensperger, 21-13199, will be heard by these three Eleventh Circuit judges: William Pryor, a Bush Jr. appointee; Frank Hull, a Clinton appointee; and Britt Grant, a Trump appointee. The latter two judges are from Georgia, whereas Judge Pryor is from Alabama.

All the briefs will be filed during the next few weeks. The case is being expedited. It concerns the 5% petition for minor party and independent candidates for U.S. House, state legislature, and partisan county office. The U.S. District Court had struck down the 5% law.