On Thursday, August 20, 2026, the State of New Hampshire filed a “Defendant’s Objection to the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation” in the case of Day v. Scanlon. The case is about Day not being registered to vote in New Hampshire when he filed to be a United States Senate candidate this year. The magistrate judge recommended that the US District Court for the District of New Hampshire grant preliminary injunction to require that the New Hampshire Secretary of State be directed to place Day’s name on the General Election ballot.

Here is today’s filing.

That seems to be all the rage these days, particularly in Republican controlled state legislatures. Thanks to Rick Hasen, who posted this to electionlawblog.org.

Pennsylvania is one of several well known “challenge” states for petitioning. That is, petitions that turn in a total number of signatures at least equal to the number of valid signatures required are presumed to have enough signatures, unless the signatures are challenged by voters (usually put up to it by politicians or political parties). This process is used to scare potential political challengers off the ballot.

This Independent Political Report article covers three ongoing petition challenges in Pennsylvania.