Matt Welch has this lengthy article about the possibility that former President Donald Trump might try to start a new party, which he has already said might be named the Patriot Party. The story is in Reason Magazine.
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Louisiana will hold two special U.S. House elections on March 20. All candidates get on the ballot by paying a fee. Party labels are permitted if the candidate is a member of a qualified party. Qualified parties in Louisiana are Republican, Democratic, Libertarian, Green, and Independent.
If no one gets 50%, there is a runoff.
The qualifying period for both elections is January 20-January 22. As of the evening of January 21, in the Second District, there are seven Democrats, three Republicans, a member of the Independent Party, and a Libertarian. In the Fifth District, there are six Republicans and a Democrat.
Currently, the Libertarian Party of Georgia is waiting for a decision from a U.S. District Court, in its challenge to the 5% (of the number of registered voters) petition requirement for the party to run candidates for U.S. House. On January 19, the party sent a supplemental document to the court, informing the court that for 2022, the state requires 360,572 signatures if the party wants to run a full slate of candidates for U.S. House. This number had not been known earlier. Here is the filing.
On January 20, the court admitted the document into evidence. The case is Cowen v Raffensperger, n.d., 1:17cv-4660.
On January 20, the Alabama Libertarian Party filed this reply brief in Libertarian Party of Alabama v Merrill, in the Eleventh Circuit, 20-13356. This is the case over the Alabama habit of giving the list of registered voters free to qualified parties, but charging approximately $36,000 to parties that are not on the ballot but which are trying to get on.
Last year, the New Mexico Working Families Party completed the petition to be a qualified party. However, it did not have any nominees in New Mexico in 2020. When a new party completes the party petition in New Mexico, it is then qualified for at least two elections. Thanks to Rick Lass for this news.