On July 23, the New Mexico Libertarian Party filed a federal lawsuit against the Secretary of State for refusing to provide an accurate count of write-ins in the party’s June 2 primary. The party’s choice for State Appeals Court, Stephen P. Curtis, needed 230 write-ins in order to advance to the November election. The state canvass credited him with only 204, but the party has evidence that many of his write-ins weren’t counted.
Here is the Complaint in Curtis v Oliver, 1:20cv-748. When the party complained about the inaccurate tally, it was told that it needed to pay $3,573,400 for a recount of the approximately 1,500 Libertarian primary ballots cast. Here is a news story about the lawsuit.

As long ago as 1915, federal courts have recognized that the U.S. Constitution protects a voter’s right to have his or her vote counted. Some of the plaintiffs in the case are voters whose votes weren’t counted.

Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) has introduced this resolution, which says that the Democratic Party must change its name, or be barred from the U.S. House of Representatives. Thanks to Thomas Jones for this news.

The Eleventh Circuit will hear Independent Party of Florida v Lee on Friday, July 31. This is the ballot access case filed by the Independent Party and the Party for Socialism & Liberation. It challenges the Florida law that says ballot-qualified parties can’t be on the ballot for president unless they are recognized by the Federal Election Commission as “national committees”, or unless they submit a petition of 1% of the number of registered voters, which this year requires 132,781 signatures.

The panel will be Judges William Pryor, a Bush Jr. appointee; Robin Rosenbaum, an Obama appointee; and Robert J. Luck, a Trump appointee.