On March 25, the Ohio legislature passed HB 197, which lets any registered voter request an absentee postal ballot for the 2020 primary. However, the bill does not allow anyone who had not been registered already to register in time for the primary.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this article on the federal lawsuit filed yesterday by the Green Party, and by the Libertarian Party’s candidate for U.S. House. So far the case still doesn’t have a case number.
Poland requires 100,000 signatures to get on the ballot to run for President. According to this story, most candidates failed to meet the petition requirement.
On March 26, the Georgia Libertarian and Green Parties filed a federal lawsuit to cut the number of signatures due to the health crisis. The Libertarian Party is already on the ballot for statewide office, but not district office, so the Libertarian Party is in this case because it seeks to qualify a U.S. House candidate, Martin Cowen. The Green Party needs to get 7,500 signatures for president and over 20,000 for its U.S. House candidate. Cooper v Raffensperger, n.d. Here is the Complaint.
UPDATE: the case is 1:20cv-1312 and is assigned to U.S. District Court judge Eleanor L. Ross, an Obama appointee.
The Virginia Green Party has sent this letter to the Governor, leaders of the state legislature, and the State Board of Elections, asking that the 5,000-signature petition requirement for presidential candidates for the general election be suspended this year.
