On May 20, the Connecticut Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in Moakley v State Elections Enforcement Commission. Connecticut has public funding for candidates for state office. The issue was whether the state could insist that public financed candidates refrain from using any public funding to criticize a candidate running in a race other than their own race. The state had fined several Republican state legislators for receiving public funding and then criticizing the Democratic nominee for Governor, who was running for re-election the same year.

The lower court had upheld fines levied against the Republican legislative candidates, but the lower court is now reversed.

No Labels is a qualified party in Hawaii. Any adult citizen-resident may run in its primary for any partisan federal or state office. Candidates for statewide office and U.S. House need 25 signatures; legislative candidates need 15 signatures.

The Hawaii candidate qualification process is proceeding, and the deadline is June 4. The Hawaii Elections office website has a list of candidates who have taken out petition forms, and who has turned in a petition. Lono Mack has taken out papers to be a No Labels candidate for U.S. Senate. However, he has also taken out papers to run in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate. He hasn’t submitted any petition yet. In 2022 he had run for the legisltaure as a Democrat, but he did not win the Democratic primary.

No Labels does not appear to have asked the Hawaii Elections Office to cancel its qualified status. It participated in the drawing last month for ballot position in the primary. Hawaii holds a random drawing to determine the order of parties on the primary ballot. The Green Party won the top spot.

No Labels is in court in Arizona to keep anyone from running in its August primary for Congress or state office. It won in U.S. District Court, but the state is appealing. The state’s brief in the Ninth Circuit is due on May 20 (today). No Labels is also still in court in Delaware over its trademark lawsuit against a group with a satirical website.