North Dakota Libertarian Party Will Try to Place a Legislative Candidate on November Ballot

North Dakota has the nation’s most restrictive ballot access law for minor party legislative candidates. No legislative candidate of a party other than the Republican and Democratic Parties has managed to get on the November ballot since 1976. The law requires that all qualified parties nominate by primary. At the primary, a legislative candidate must poll a large number of votes in the open primary. The numerical requirement is the same regardless of the party’s size.

But this year, he Libertarian Party will try to persuade enough primary voters to choose the Libertarian ballot in the 26th district, so that its candidate for State House, Mattie Richardson-Schmitz, can pass the vote test. See this story.

Ohio Democratic Party Asks State Supreme Court to Settle Primary Date Controversy

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.