U.S. District Court Judge Joseph LaPlante held a hearing on Friday, July 24, in Libertarian Party of New Hampshire v Sununu, 1:20cv-688. He has still not ruled, but has called another hearing for Monday, July 27, at 2 p.m. This is the case over whether ballot access relief should be given due to the health crisis. UPDATE: the hearing only lasted ten minutes. A decision is likely on Tuesday, July 28.
Former Republican Congressman David Jolly, who represented Florida’s 13th district before 2017, says he may run for U.S. Senate in 2022, but that if he runs, it will not be as a Republican. He is currently a registered independent. See this story. Thanks to PoliticalWire for the link.
The Democratic Party has filed a state court lawsuit to remove the Green Party from the Montana ballot, even though everyone agrees that the party’s petition for party status this year had enough valid signatures. Also the party has already participated in the June 2020 primary. The Democratic Party obtained a list of voters who had signed the petition, and asked them to remove their names from the petition. At issue is whether enough people made that request by the deadline. Even the deadline itself is murky. See this story. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.
This year, New Jersey only has five candidates for U.S. Senate on the ballot. They are the nominees of the Democratic, Republican, and Green Parties, and two independent candidates. That is the smallest number of candidates for that office in New Jersey since 1990, when there were also five candidates.
The Green nominee is Madelyn R. Hoffman. The independents are Daniel Burke and Veronica Fernandez. Usually, New Jersey vies with Tennessee and Vermont in having the most U.S. Senate candidates on the general election ballot.
On Sunday, July 26, the Constitution, Green, and Libertarian Parties filed this reply brief in the Third Circuit, in the ballot access case that relates to the health crisis. Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania v Wolf, 20-2481.
