On August 25, a New Jersey voter filed a challenge to the petition of the New Jersey Green Party for Governor and Lieutenant Governor. It needed 2.000 signatures and contained 2,434. A state court will adjudicate whether the petition has enough valid signatures.

This is the second petition the party submitted this year for New Jersey governor and lieutenant governor. The first petition was not challenged. But then the gubernatorial candidate withdrew for health reasons, so under a unique New Jersey law, the party had to file an entirely new petition.

On August 25, four California Republican legislators asked the State Supreme Court to block the November 4 ballot measure on U.S. House redistricting. Sanchez v Weber, S292592. It says the measure violates the single subject rule, and it says that the legislature violated its own internal rules when it rushed the measure through. Here is the filing.

Meanwhile, California county election officials are already working on setting up the election.

NOTUS has this story on independent candidates for congress and state office in 2026. It points out that there are probably going to be more strong independent candidates in 2026 than in the past. The story is free but readers must sign up to read it. It mentions U.S. Senate candidates in Idaho, Mississippi, Nebraska, South Dakota, and gubernatorial candidates in Michigan and California.