The Washington Times has become the first general news source to publicize a flaw in HR 1, the Democratic Party-backed election law bill in Congress. The bill makes it five times more difficult for presidential candidates to qualify for primary season matching funds. Primary season matching funds has helped many minor party and independent presidential candidates during the last 36 years: Sonia Johnson, Lenora Fulani, John Hagelin, Pat Buchanan, Ralph Nader, Gary Johnson, and Jill Stein.

Although HR 1 gets lots of attention from general news sources, until now none of those stories focused on that part of the bill. Here is the story.

On March 1, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear two cases filed by Republican candidates for presidential elector over the November 2020 election returns. Bowyer v Ducey, 20-858, is from Arizona; Feehan v Wisconsin Elections Commission, 20-859, is from Wisconsin.

There are still two more November 2020 election returns cases pending in the U.S. Supreme Court. They are on conference for March 5, and are from Georgia and Wisconsin.

The Socialist Workers Party will petition in New Jersey this year to be on the ballot for Governor and Lieutenant Governor. See this story. The requirement is 800 signatures, due in June. If the petition succeeds, this will be the first time the SWP has been on the ballot for Governor of New Jersey since 2005.