U.S. District Court Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove will hear oral argument in Libertarian Party of Kentucky v Grimes, 3:15cv-86, on Thursday, May 19, at 11 a.m. in the federal courthouse in Frankfort, Kentucky. Case number 3:15cv-86. The Constitution Party is a co-plaintiff.

The issue is Kentucky’s failure to have a procedure by which a previously unqualified party can become a qualified party, in advance of an election. Kentucky only has candidate petitions, not party petitions. If and only if the presidential candidate of an unqualified party polls 2% will the group become a qualified party. In the last 100 years, only four times has any group met this hurdle: Progressive in 1924, American in 1968, Anderson Coalition in 1980, and Reform in 1996.

Besides Kentucky, other pending ballot access cases that will determine whether certain minor parties get on the ballot for President and other office in time for the 2016 election, without further petitioning, are in Maine, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. There are also cases pending that only affect other office, not President, in Arkansas and South Dakota.

Courtesy of Politico, here is a link to presidential primary returns. To get the May 10 primaries, click on either West Virginia or Nebraska on the map. Nebraska has presidential primaries for the Republican, Democratic, and Libertarian Parties.

On May 10, Public Policy Polling released this general election poll for president, including the Libertarian and Green likely nominees. The results: with Hillary Clinton as the Democratic nominee, Clinton 42%, Trump 38%, Gary Johnson 4%, Jill Stein 2%, other or undecided 13%.

With Bernie Sanders as the Democratic nominee, Sanders 47%, Trump 37%, Johnson 3%, Stein 1%, other or undecided 12%. Thanks to Michael for the link.