The Alaska Democratic Party passed a bylaw at its state convention earlier this month, letting registered independents file for office in the Democratic primary. See this story. Thanks to Richard Grayson for the link.
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Brian Doherty has this Reason article on the two pending lawsuits involving inclusion in the general election presidential debates.
Here is a link to the Washington state presidential primary returns for the Democratic Party. The primaries were held May 24. The Democratic results have no binding effect, because the Democratic Party used caucuses to choose delegates.
Here is a link to the Republican results.
On May 24, U.S. District Court Judge David G. Campbell, a Bush Jr. appointee, heard Libertarian Party of Arizona v Reagan, 2:16cv-1019. The issue is the new law that sharply increases the number of signatures needed for Libertarian candidates to get on their own party’s primary ballot. For technical reasons, the new law does not affect the ability of Green Party candidates to get on the Green Party primary ballot.
The Libertarian Party is asking for emergency injunctive relief, because the deadline for primary petitions is June 1. However, it is possible that the judge could provide relief, not on the number of signatures needed to get on the primary ballot, but relief on the number of write-ins in the primary needed to be nominated. The primary is in late August. The law that increased the number of signatures to get on the primary ballot also increased the number of write-ins in the primary to be deemed nominated.
This New York Times story says there is strong sentiment among influential Republican Party leaders to work to close Republican presidential primaries, so that only party members could participate. The story also talks about party interest in changing the presidential primary calendar. Thanks to Political Wire for the link.