On August 11, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay in the Oregon lawsuit over ballot access relief for initiatives. The lower courts had given relief because of the health crisis. The vote is 7-2. Justices Sotomayor and Ginsburg would not have granted the stay. Thanks to Rick Hasen for this news.

This means that the only ballot access relief granted to any initiatives due to the health crisis, by any federal court, has been in Nevada, where the U.S. District Court had granted relief and the state had not appealed. The U.S. Supreme Court has eliminated ballot access relief for initiatives in every instance in which it was asked to decide, which are cases from Idaho, Oregon, and Michigan.

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.

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.