On June 2, the Arkansas Secretary of State appealed Miller v Thurston, w.d., 5:20cv-5070. This is the case in which the U.S. District Court had given ballot access relief to proponents of initiatives. Also on June 2, the U.S. District Court refused to stay its own opinion. Here is the 8-page Opinion in which the U.S. District Court explains why it is not staying its own opinion.
In the 8th circuit, the case is 20-2095.
On June 2, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper refused to say that the Republican national convention will be permitted to convene under traditional habits for national conventions. See this Politico story. In the meantime, Republicans are reportedly looking at Nashville as an alternate site. Thanks to Political Wire for the link.
Over the last few weeks, the Socialist Workers Party has been asking party supporters to donate their federal government stimulus checks to the party. The party has announced that it has raised $95,000 in this fund appeal. Stimulus checks, in whole or part, were donated to the party by 84 individuals.
This news story points out that Arizona does not allow school board candidates to collect electronic signatures, even though candidates for state office may do so. Some candidates for large school board need as many as 400 signatures.
On June 1, some candidates for Roanoke, Virginia city council filed a lawsuit for ballot access relief. Roanoke has partisan city elections, and the plaintiffs are not the nominees of qualified parties. See this story. They ask for a reduction in the number of signatures from 125 to 50, and an extension of the June 9 petition deadline. The case is Alberto v City of Roanoke, CL20000997-00.
UPDATE: here is the Complaint.
