See this story about the Illinois challenge to the 5% petition requirement for independent candidates for U.S. House.
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On August 1, David Gill, an independent candidate for U.S. House in the 13th Illinois district, filed a federal lawsuit against the Illinois requirement that independents for U.S. House need a petition of 5% of the last vote cast. The case is Gill v Scholz, c.d., 1:16cv-3221.
Gill needed 10,754 valid signatures. His petition was challenged, and the process resulted in a finding that only 8,593 of his signatures were valid. The lawsuit does not attack the accuracy of the validity check; instead it is a challenge to the 5% requirement itself.
Ajamu Baraka is Jill Stein’s choice for the vice-presidential nomination of the Green Party. Here is information about him from his web page. He has been active for over 30 years working for human rights. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
On July 28, the ballot-qualified Natural Law Party of Michigan nominated Emidio “Mimi” Soltysik for President, and Angela Walker for Vice-President. They are also the nominees of the Socialist Party.
In 2012, the Natural Law Party nominated Rocky Anderson, Justice Party presidential nominee. In 2008 it nominated Ralph Nader. In 2004 it nominated Walt Brown, that year’s Socialist Party presidential nominee. The Natural Law Party is the last surviving renmant of the Natural Law Party, which was active in elections 1992-2002. It remains on the ballot in Michigan because Michigan has a very easy vote test for a party to remain on.
On August 1, U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Hovland, a Bush Jr. appointee, enjoined the new stricter North Dakota law on voters at the polls. The injunction requires the state to allow voters without the correct form of government photo-ID to be allowed to vote anyway, if they sign under penalty of perjury that they cannot obtain the correct type of ID, or if they produce other forms of ID that were allowed before the law changed in 2013 and 2015.
The decision is Brakebill v Jaeger, 1:16cv-008. It is 29 pages. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.