Forbes has this interview with Brock Pierce.
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On July 8, the Seventh Circuit issued a short opinion, saying the U.S. District Court was correct to deny ballot access injunctive relief to an Illinois statewide initiative. Morgan v White, 20-1801. The decision points out that Illinois allows 18 months to collect signatures.
On July 10, the U.S. Supreme Court asked Florida to respond in Raysor v DeSantis, 19A1071. The response is due Tuesday, July 14, by 4 p.m.
Back on April 1, a new party qualified in Maryland called the Working Class Party. It got its signatures before the health crisis. See this story.
This Houston Chronicle story says the Republican Party of Texas has sued the Mayor of Houston, who used his emergency powers to say that the state party could not have an indoor state convention in Houston with thousands of people in attendance. Thanks to Political Wire for the link.
Among other business, the state convention of any ballot-qualified party chooses the party’s presidential elector nominees, in presidential election years. Here is the Complaint in Republican Party of Texas v City of Houston.