Scotusblog has named the cert petition in Schmitt v LaRose as a “petition of the day.” That means Scotusblog thinks that case has a fair chance of being heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Schmitt v LaRose is an Ohio case, in which some proponents of a local initiative relating to marijuana gathered enough valid signatures, but the county election board kept off the ballot anyway because the board felt if the initiative passed, it would be invalid as a matter of policy. The lower courts upheld the action of the board of elections, and minimized First Amendment protection for the content of initiatives.

The New York Post has this article about the state court decision today that invalidated last year’s hostile changes to ballot access in New York state.

The quote from the Working Families Party at the end is misleading. The Commission that promulgated worse ballot access laws did not ban fusion.

Wyoming House Bill 209 had passed the House, but died in the Senate when it failed to move. It would have changed the law relating to switching parties. Current law lets voters switch parties at the polls on primary day. The bill would have required such switches to have been completed at least 14 days before the primary.