The South Carolina independent petition deadline has been extended from July 15 to July 20. See this notice from the State Election Commission’s website. The signatures are due by noon on the deadline date.
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Congressman Justin Amash, the first Libertarian Party member of congress, is not likely to run for re-election, according to this story. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link.
On June 30, proponents of some Oregon county initiatives filed a federal lawsuit for ballot access relief. McCarter v Brown, 6:20cv-1048. The proponents are trying to get county initiatives on the ballot of many counties, to test public opinion on moving many eastern Oregon counties into Idaho. McCarter v Brown, 6:20cv-1048.
The case is before U.S. District Court Judge Michael J. McShane, who already granted ballot access relief to a statewide Oregon initiative. Here is the Complaint in the new case. Thanks to Steve Kamp for this news.
On July 7, Don Blankenship, Constitution Party presidential nominee, filed this brief asking for injunctive relief against the California independent presidential petition requirement. Blankenship v Newsom, n.d., 3:20cv-4479.
Also, he filed this reply brief on July 15. The case will be heard on August 5.
On July 15, Joseph Kishore, Socialist Equality Party presidential candidate, filed this brief in Kishore v Newsom, c.d., 2:20cv-5859. This is one of the two challenges to the California independent presidential petition procedure, which requires 196,964 signatures to be collected from late April through early August, a period entirely within the health crisis.
This case will be heard on July 20 at 2 p.m. by U.S. District Court Judge Dolly Gee.