The North Dakota Supreme Court recently asked the Secretary of State to respond to the Libertarian Party appeal concerning a recount of the June 12 Libertarian primary vote for Secretary of State. Riemers v Jeager, 2018-274. Roland Riemers was the only candidate on the Libertarian primary ballot for Secretary of State. Even though he was unopposed, the law says parties can’t nominate for statewide office unless the candidate gets at least 300 votes. The official vote said he only got 247 votes. Riemers asked for a recount, but the Secretary of State denied that request.

The law, 16.1-16-01, says “A recount must be conducted when any individual failed to be nominated in a primary election by 1% or less of the highest vote cast for a candidate for the office sought.” The Republican who was on the Republican primary ballot received 54,563 votes, and 1% of that number is 546. North Dakota primary ballots for all parties are printed on the same sheet of paper. A voter is told to choose one party column and only cast votes for candidates in that one party column.

The Albuquerque Journal has this news story about Carol Miller’s lawsuit against the New Mexico law that exempts major party members from any petition requirement to get on the ballot for county office, yet requires everyone else to submit a petition.

A New York state public radio station has this long interview with Stephanie Miner, gubernatorial nominee of the Serve America Movement. She is currently petitioning for a place on the November ballot. The Serve America Movement is the nation’s newest nationally-organized political party. Here is its web page.