On August 11, the Alaska Elections Division determined that the Constitution Party’s presidential petition has enough valid signatures.
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Unlike many other prominent polling companies, Monmouth University Polls has been listing Jo Jorgensen and Howie Hawkins as choices. See the latest poll, released August 11. Scroll down to question 14. Thanks to Political Wire for the link.
As noted earlier, a U.S. District Court in Oregon extended ballot access relief to a statewide Oregon initiative, and the Ninth Circuit refused to stay that relief. The Oregon Attorney General then asked the U.S. Supreme Court to issue a stay. Clarno v People Not Politicians, 20A21.
The U.S. Supreme Court is now interested in knowing if the Secretary of State really wants to appeal. She is Beverly Clarno, a Republican, and she has said publicly that she does not support asking for a stay from the U.S. Supreme Court. The U.S. Supreme Court then asked her to file a supplemental brief, of 100 words or less, to say if she agrees that the Attorney General should pursue the U.S. Supreme Court appeal. She responded equivocally. The initiative proponents then filed their own supplemental brief, saying it is clear the Secretary of State does not really want to appeal. Thanks to Thomas Jones for this news.
Shortly before the deadline for Pennsylvania petition challenges, some Pennsylvania Democratic leaders filed a challenge to the statewide Green Party petition.
No one challenged the statewide Libertarian petition, but a challenge was filed to the party’s candidate for U.S. House, 12th district.
Petitioning groups in Pennsylvania no longer need to fear that if the challenges to their petitions are successful, that the petitioning groups will need to pay court costs.
The Maine Secretary of State has determined that Rocky De La Fuente’s presidential petition is valid. His ballot label is “Alliance.”