On July 1, U.S. District Court Judge Emmet G. Sullivan, a Clinton apointee, ruled that President Trump’s March 2026 order that the Post Office not deliver postal ballots in states that have refused to turn over their list of registered voters is illegal. NAACP v U.S. Postal Service, D.C., 1:20cv-2295. The ruling says that the Post Office already signed a consent decree in 2021 that bars it from changing its policy. Here is the decision.
As previously noted, Florida State Representative Paula Stark is suing in state court to get herself on the Republican primary ballot. She is trying to run for re-election. On July 1 a Florida Democratic Party group asked to intervene in her lawsuit, so as to oppose her lawsuit. See this story.
On June 30, former Georgia U.S. House member Marjorie Taylor Greene said that she is working on creating a new political party. See this story. It is ironic that she is from Georgia, the nation’s worst state for ballot access.
Two independent candidates for U.S. House in the Illinois 4th district charge that the incumbent congressmember’s staff members are part of the challenge against their petitions. The issue of government employees leading a challenge during their work hours also arose in Pennsylvania in 2004 and 2006, when Ralph Nader’s petition challenge was orchestrated by government employees, and the Green Party’s Pennsylvania challenge in 2006. See this story.
On June 30, the Lincoln Party submitted approximately 74,000 signatures to place its nominee for Indiana Secretary of State on the ballot. This is double the requirement. This petition has collected more signatures this year than any other minor party or independent candidate. If the party polls 2% for Secretary of State, it will be ballot-qualified for the next two elections. See this story.
