On November 22, Rocky De La Fuente filed a federal lawsuit against the Georgia law that gives parties complete discretion over whom to place on their presidential primary ballot.  The other states that give parties complete control over whom to list on presidential primary ballots are Florida and Minnesota.

The Georgia case is De La Fuente v Raffensperger, n.d., 1:19cv-5323.  It points out that De La Fuente first asked the Secretary of State about the law on October 23, but the Secretary of State has never responded.  The Complaint also points out that De La Fuente has been in contact with the Republican Party of Georgia and has submitted everything the party asked for, but he has reason to believe the party will exclude all candidates except President Trump.  The case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge J. P. Boulee, a Trump appointee.

The Complaint argues that the Georgia law imposes an unconstitutional qualification on who can run for President, because the law is not designed to keep the primary ballot uncluttered, but rather bans candidates based on their views and relationships with state party officers.

On November 22, three Washington state Democratic presidential electors filed this reply brief in Chiafalo v Washington, 19-465.  This is the case over whether a state can punish “disobedient” presidential electors.  This is the final brief for the Washington state presidential elector case.  The next step in this case is for the U.S. Supreme Court to set a conference date to decide whether to hear it.

The Peace & Freedom Party recently sent a letter to the California Secretary of State, telling him that the party supports having both Gloria La Riva and Howie Hawkins on its March 2020 presidential primary ballot.

Hawkins is also expecting to be on the California Green Party primary ballot.  The Peace & Freedom letter points out to the Secretary of State that there is nothing illegal about a candidate appearing on the presidential primary ballot of two parties.  In 2016 the same Secretary of State refused to allow Jill Stein to run in the PFP primary, because she was appearing on the Green Party ballot.  Stein wanted to run in both primaries.

It is especially odd for any California Secretary of State to disallow anyone from running in the presidential primary of two parties, given that the election code explicitly allows for presidential fusion in the general election.  In 2016, Donald J. Trump appeared on the November ballot as the nominee of both the Republican and the American Independent Parties.