According to this story, the Wisconsin Libertarian Party has asked the state to suspend petitioning for the general election, or to deem any parties that were ballot-qualified in 2018 to also be ballot-qualified for 2020 as well.

Currently, the only parties that are ballot-qualified in Wisconsin are Democratic, Republican, and Constitution.  The Libertarian and Green Parties went off the ballot in November 2018 because they had no nominees for statewide office who polled as much as 1% of the vote.  Both parties had gubernatorial nominees, but no nominees for any other statewide office.  The gubernatorial election of 2018 was extremely hotly-contested between the two major parties, and the vote was very close, and in conditions like that, the minor party vote is generally smaller than normal.

The Constitution Party survived 2018 because it ran for Attorney General and Treasurer, and received over 1% for both.

On April 10, Michigan filed this brief in Esshaki v Whitman, e.d., 2:20cv-10831.  This is the case in which a Republican U.S. House candidate is attacking the requirement that he submit 1,000 valid signatures to get on the primary ballot, by April 21.

The state barely acknowledges the health crisis.  It says the burden on him is not severe.  It says he should have gathered his signatures before the health crisis broke out.  It says he is always free to be a write-in candidate in the primary.  It says the state must guard against ballot-crowding and frivolous candidates.

The state says already 24 primary candidates for U.S. House have managed to file petitions.  It does not say that Michigan has 14 U.S. House seats, so that is only about one and two-thirds candidates from both major parties together, in the typical district.

The state’s brief doesn’t mention other states that have either reduced the number of signatures this year, or abolished petitions entirely, or extended petition deadlines.  The primary is August 4.

The oral argument will be April 15, Wednesday, at 2 p.m.

Delaware parties that have at least 712 registered voters are ballot-qualified in 2020.  The American Delta Party had dropped below that number earlier this year, but the party increased its registration during March, so that it now has enough to qualify.  The April tally shows that it has 718 registered members.

Rocky De La Fuente founded the American Delta Party in 2016, as a vehicle for his presidential run.