The Rhode Island Board of Elections has released the write-in tally for president from November 2020. The only three actual presidential candidates who received any write-ins were: Howie Hawkins (Green Party) 174; Kanye West (independent) 131; Brock Pierce (independent) 6.

Minor party and independent presidential candidates who were on the Rhode Island ballot were Jo Jorgensen, Brian Carroll (American Solidarity), Rocky De La Fuente (Alliance), and Gloria La Riva (Socialism & Liberation).

Rhode Island tallied all the presidential write-in votes, most of which were for famous people who were not running. The person who got the most write-ins was Bernie Sanders, who received 204. Thanks to Tony Roza for this information.

On May 27, the Arkansas Libertarian Party filed this brief in its ballot access case against the 3% petition passed in 2019. Although both the U.S. District Court and the Eighth Circuit enjoined the law, the issue of declaratory relief is still pending. This brief asks the U.S. District Court to declare the 3% petition unconstitutional. Libertarian Party of Arkansas v Thurston, e.d., 4:19cv-214.

On May 27, some proponents of an Arkansas initiative filed a federal lawsuit against the new Arkansas restrictions on initiative petitions. Liberty Initiative Fund v Thurson, e.d., 4:21cv-460. Here is the Complaint. It challenges the ban on out-of-state circulators, the ban on paying circulators on a per-signature basis, and other restrictions included in SB 614, which was signed into law on April 29.

The case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge James Moody, who struck down the early petition deadline for independent candidates a few years ago.