As noted earlier, on February 3 a Connecticut voter who was expelled from the Republican Party then filed a federal lawsuit, demanding to be restored to the registration rolls as a Republican so that she can vote in the April Republican presidential primary. On February 26, the judge in her case set up a settlement conference, which will probably resolve the problem. The case is Miller v Dunkerton, 3:16cv-174.

The party expelled her because last year, without joining the Democratic Party, she accepted a Democratic nomination for a local special election.

The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin has this story about the decision striking down the Illinois law that requires newly-qualifying parties to run a full slate of candidates.

The American Shopping Party has qualified as a political party in Hawaii. The party is the creation of John Giuffre, author of seven books about economics. See this link. The party seems to desire an end to consumerism and is influenced by ideas from eastern religions.

The Constitution Party and the American Shopping Party are the only two parties that submitted a petition this year. The Democratic, Republican, Libertarian and Green Parties were already on the ballot.