On November 16, the Alabama Libertarian Party filed this opening brief in Libertarian Party of Alabama v Merrill, 20-13356. This is the case challenging the law that says the qualified parties receive a free list of the registered voters each year, but unqualified parties must pay approximately $36,000 for the list.

In 1970 the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed a decision of a 3-judge court that said if the state gives the list free to qualified parties, it must also give it free to unqualified parties that are trying to get on the ballot. Despite this precedent, the U.S. District Court upheld the Alabama law and cited the state’s interest in saving money.

At the November 3, 2020 election, the Vermont Progressive Party elected nine legislators who are party members. They are two State Senators and seven Representatives. In 2018 the party had also elected two State Senators and seven Representatives.

The 2020 winners are: Senators Christopher Pearson and Anthony Pollina. Representatives are Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, Brian Cima, Selene Colburn, Taylor Small, Tanya Vyhovsky, Mollie S. Burke, and Heather Surprenant.

Patricia Brigham, president of the Florida League of Women Voters, has this op-ed in the Sarasota Sentinel, explaining why the League originally supported the top-two initiative, and why and how it changed its mind. The piece says the League still favors letting independent voters vote in partisan primaries, but that there are other ways to achieve that goal.