See this newspaper story about the Arkansas lawsuit to obtain relief for independent candidates. The article reveals that state officials are not conciliatory.
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On April 30, several independent candidates in Arkansas filed this brief in Whitfield v Thurston, e.d., 4:20cv-466. This is the case that asks for petitioning relief, due to the health crisis. The petition deadline for non-presidential independents is May 1.
On April 29, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued an opinion, authorizing electronic signatures for initiative petitions. See this story. The order doesn’t seem to be on the Court’s webpage yet. When it is, this blog post will be amended to include a link to the decision. The case is Dennis v Galvin, SJ-2020-278.
As already noted, on April 15, the Sixth Circuit agreed with the U.S. District Court that the Michigan nonpartisan redistricting commission is constitutional. The Republican Party, which had challenged the commission, says it will ask for a rehearing en banc. Normally that would have been due April 29, but the party won permission to file by May 13. Daunt v Benson, 19-2377.
This story says the Republican Party is thinking about changing its presidential convention to allow only delegates and alternates into the hall. The convention is set for August 24-27. Thanks to Political Wire for the link.