On November 5, the Arizona Libertarian and Green Parties asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their case against the discriminatory Arizona voter registration form. Even though Arizona has four qualified parties, the form only lists the two largest parties and gives them a checkbox. If a voter wants to register into the ballot-qualified plaintiff parties, the voter must write them in on the line marked “other”. Here is the cert petition. The case number is 15-598.

The reason the U.S. Supreme Court might plausibly take this case is that the Court needs to clarify the standards for such cases. Supposedly laws that discriminate against minor parties and independent candidates are subject to heightened scrutiny; only nondiscriminatory laws get rational basis review. But in this case, the Ninth Circuit did not apply heightened scrutiny even though the law is discriminatory.

Mississippi elected statewide executive positions and a new legislature on November 3, 2015. This article has the statewide vote totals. The Reform Party had a complete slate of statewide nominees, and the Libertarian Party had two statewide nominees.

On November 2, the Ohio Libertarian Party filed this ten-page brief, summarizing evidence that officials in the Secretary of State’s office applied a ballot access law selectively in 2014, when the party’s gubernatorial nominee was kept off the primary ballot. Even if you don’t normally read legal briefs, this one is worth reading. Thanks to Steve Linnabary for the link.