On April 16, a New Jersey state trial court refused to enjoin the Burlington County Clerk from using the discriminatory ballot format in the June 4 primary this year. Burlington County Republican Regular Organization v Schwartz, Bur-L-684-24. The other similar Republican lawsuit against other counties are still pending.
On April 16, the Eleventh Circuit dissolved the stay that the U.S. District Court had issued, relative to whether Georgia can hold elections this year for Public Service Commissioner. This means the state is now free to hold at-large elections for that office this year. Rose v Raffensperger, 22-12593.
The Libertarian Party always polls enough votes for Public Service Commissioner in Georgia to retain its qualified statewide status, so this is good news for the Libertarian Party. There are no other statewide elections this year in Georgia, other than President. The party only once polled enough votes for President to meet the vote test, in 2016.
On April 16, the Minnesota Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case filed by the Democratic Party to remove the Legal Marijuana Now Party from the ballot. See this story.
The case is Martin v Simon, A24-0216. The Secretary of State is neutral.
Tuesday, April 16, is the first day in which petitioning in New York is permitted for independent candidates and the nominees of unqualified parties. Here is a news story about the Robert F. Kennedy, Jr’s plans in one area of upstate New York.
On April 15, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose rejected the idea of letting the Democratic Party make a provisional filing for President Biden to be on the ballot. His letter says the Ohio law doesn’t allow for such a thing. There is apparently still no bill in the Ohio legislature to change the deadline to a later date. See this story.
