Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) has introduced this resolution, which says that the Democratic Party must change its name, or be barred from the U.S. House of Representatives. Thanks to Thomas Jones for this news.
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On July 24, Gloria La Riva, presidential nominee of the Party for Socialism & Liberation, filed this request for injunctive relief in La Rova v District of Columbia Board of Elections, 1:20cv-01937. This is the case that challenges the number of signatures needed for a presidential candidate who uses the independent petition procedure. The requirement is 5,007 signatures. Normally the petition requirement for other districtwide partisan offices in D.C. is 3,000 signatures, but earlier this year the City Council lowered those petitions to 500 signatures, due to the health crisis. But the Board did not ease the presidential petition.
The D.C. presidential petition requires more signatures, as a percentage of the number of votes cast for president in November 2016, than any state except for Indiana. And D.C. has the second-shortest petitioning period for independent presidential petitions. The lawsuit asks that the presidential petition requirement be reduced for 2020, especially given that the city lowered the petition for all the other offices.
The Eleventh Circuit will hear Independent Party of Florida v Lee on Friday, July 31. This is the ballot access case filed by the Independent Party and the Party for Socialism & Liberation. It challenges the Florida law that says ballot-qualified parties can’t be on the ballot for president unless they are recognized by the Federal Election Commission as “national committees”, or unless they submit a petition of 1% of the number of registered voters, which this year requires 132,781 signatures.
The panel will be Judges William Pryor, a Bush Jr. appointee; Robin Rosenbaum, an Obama appointee; and Robert J. Luck, a Trump appointee.
On July 24, five Illinois voters filed a challenge to the Kanye West independent presidential petition.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana state trial judge Richard “Chip” Moore desires to run for re-election. However, the law requires him to sign a declaration of candidacy and file it by Friday, July 24. He is hospitalized and though he is recovering, he cannot move his arms or hands. He is in court hoping to obtain a court order letting him file. See this story. So far the lower courts have refused any relief. He is asking the State Supreme Court to rule in his favor.