On August 3, the North Dakota Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Roland Riemers, the Libertarian candidate for Secretary of State, is entitled to a recount of the June 12 primary. The original tally gave him only 247 votes in the Libertarian primary (which is part of a one-piece of paper open primary, also holding the Democratic and Republican primary contests). He needs 300 in order to be listed on the November ballot.
UPDATE: see this story.
According to this story, the Montana Democratic Party is trying to persuade a state trial judge to keep the Green Party off the ballot for now, even though the Montana Supreme Court will be deciding soon whether to put it on the ballot. The Democratic Party argues that the Montana Supreme Court is not likely to give the party any relief. The Secretary of State wants to leave the Green Party on the ballot for now, pending the outcome of the Montana Supreme Court decision.
San Antonio public libraries do not permit petitioning on the sidewalks in front of the libraries. Instead, the library says all such petitioning must be carried on in “free speech zones”, which are usually far from the entrance. On July 19, the San Antonio Firefighters’ Association filed a federal lawsuit seeking to force the libraries to allow petitioning on public sidewalks near library entrances. San Antonio Firefighters’ Association, Local 624, v City of San Antonio, w.d., 5:18cv-745.
The case is assigned to Judge Xavier Rodriguez, a Bush Jr. appointee. So far the city hasn’t responded to the Complaint. Thanks to Linda Curtis for the link.
Although the Pennsylvania Constitution Party attempted to get on the ballot for Governor this year, it failed to collect as many as 5,000 signatures, and the deadline has now passed, so it won’t be on the statewide ballot this year. It did get on in 2016 for President.
On August 2, a Maine state trial court ruled that Governor Paul LePage must release the money appropriated for public financing of campaigns for legislative candidates. See this story.
