On March 20, the Ohio Supreme Court said that the Libertarian Party may intervene in the Democratic Party’s lawsuit over the decision to postpone the primary (for president and all other office). The Libertarian Party will argue that the state officials who moved the primary didn’t have the authority to do that, at least relative to federal offices.
On March 20, Indiana Governor Eric J. Holcomb moved the Indiana primary (for president and all other partisan office) from May 5 to June 2. See this news story. Thanks to Demorep for this news.
On March 19, U.S. District Court Judge Victoria Roberts refused to amend her decision in Graveline v Johnson, 2:18cv-12354. See her order here. She had earlier struck down the Michigan law requiring statewide independent candidates to collect 30,000 signatures. The state had asked her to amend her order, but she refused.
Kevin O’Connor, an attorney who is running as a Republican for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, has called on the legislature to reform the petitioning process during the health crisis. See this story.
On March 19, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, the largest newspaper in Minnesota, carried this op-ed urging that the need for candidate ballot access petitions be suspended. The op-ed is by leaders of the Green, Independence, and Libertarian Parties.
