On November 1, the Ohio Libertarian Party filed this brief, asking for an injunction against the Ohio law that excludes any members from the Ohio Election Commission who are members of a party, other than the Republican and Democratic Parties. Libertarian Party of Ohio v Taveras, s.d., 2:19cv-2501.
On October 31, Don Blankenship, former CEO of Massey Energy Company, filed the notice with the Federal Election Commission that he is running for president. Here is the form, which lists the party as “CON”, an abbreviation for Constitution.
The Daily Pennsylvanian has endorsed two Working Families Party nominees for Philadelphia city council-at-large. The candidates are Kendra Brooks and Nicholas O’Rourke. Brooks and O’Rourke are not the nominees of any other party.
The Daily Pennsylvanian, which dates from the 19th century, is a student-run non-profit daily newspaper, not associated with the school.
The California Secretary of State expects to release the October 2, 2019 Report of Registration on November 19. This will be the first statewide registration data for California since February 2019. It will apparently show that the Common Sense Party has about 15,000 registrations. The Report will also show the number that would have been needed for any new party to qualify, approximately 65,000.
The Common Sense Party is free to continue its registration drive. Although it has missed the deadline to be a qualified party for the March 2020 primary, it can still participate in the presidential election if it has enough registrants by July 2020.
If any registered members of the Common Sense Party run for Congress or state legislature in the March 2020 primary, and place first or second, it will be interesting to see if that candidate is permitted to have his or her party label on the November ballot (assuming the party has qualified by the July 2020 deadline).
The Florida Supreme Court will hear Advisory Opinion of the Attorney General, SC19-1267, on December 3, Tuesday, at 9 a.m. Each side will have twenty minutes. This is the case on whether the top-two initiative has a misleading title and description. The Attorney General’s brief is here.
Here is the brief of the sponsors of the initiative.
The Florida Democratic Party has filed this brief in opposition to the initiative.
The Florida Republican Party has filed this brief in opposition to the initiative.
