On March 17, the Ohio Democratic Party sued the Governor and the Secretary of State, in a case filed in the Ohio Supreme Court. The Democrats argue that it was illegal for the state to postpone today’s primary until June 2. Thanks to Demorep for this news. UPDATE: the case is State ex rel Ohio Democratic Party v LaRose, 2020-0388.
On March 17, the Montana Democratic Party asked the state Commissioner of Political Practice to investigate who paid the professional petitoiners who got the Green Party on the ballot earlier this year. See this story.
Several dozen Massachusetts candidates for U.S. House are asking the Secretary of State for relief of petition requirements. Candidates for U.S. House need 2,000 signatures of party members or independent voters. Some of those asking for relief are incumbents. See this story.
Various Republican and Democratic Party primary candidates have called on the Florida government to ease the number of signatures in lieu of filing fee, or at least extend the deadline. See this story.
Illinois has no party petition procedure. It only has candidate petitions. There are no qualified third parties in Illinois currently. But Illinois does permit presidential and vice-presidential stand-ins on the candidate petition, so that parties can get started before they have chosen their national nominees.
The Illinois Green Party has chosen Howie Hawkins for its stand-in presidential nominee, and Diane Moxley as the vice-presidential stand-in.
