On Sunday, June 21, the Seventh Circuit issued an order in Libertarian Party of Illinois v Cadigan, 20-1961. It denies the request of Illinois officials to stay the ballot access relief that was won in U.S. District Court on April 23. Here is the 5-page order. The order does not identify which judges handles the matter.
It is very rare for a federal court to issue an order on Sunday.
On June 20, the Reform Party held an on-line presidential convention. Rocky De La Fuente, who was the party’s nominee in 2016, is again the party’s nominee. He received 17 votes. MaxAbramson received 4; Ben Zion received one. Soraya Faas had withdrawn before the vote and endorsed De La Fuente.
The Reform Party is only on the ballot in Florida. It has no party officers in Mississippi any longer, so has lost its qualified status there.
De La Fuente is also the nominee this year of the Alliance Party.
The vice-presidential nominee is Darcy Richardson.
On June 19, the New Mexico Senate passed SB 4. It allows independent voters to changer their affiliation to a major party as late as primary day, in order to be able to vote in that primary. The House will probably pass the same bill on Saturday, June 20. That is the last day of the legislative session. Thanks to several people for this news.
On June 19, Tiffany Bond, an independent candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, filed a federal lawsuit for ballot access relief. Bond v Dunlap, 1:20cv-216. The case has not yet been assigned to a judge. Existing law requires statewide independents to submit 4,000 signatures.
