According to this story, a challenge has been filed to the New York gubernatorial petition of the “Rent is 2 Damn High” Party.
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On August 25, Jeff Amason, the only minor party legislative candidate in Georgia who petitioned this year, lost his ballot access case because he sued the wrong defendant. See this story.
On August 25, the California Senate passed AB 2351 unanimously. This is the bill that eases the definition of “political party”. Now it goes back to the Assembly for concurrence in a minor amendment. Thanks to C. T. Weber for this news.
According to this story, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is in Illinois campaign for the Republican nominee for Governor. Christie criticized Illinois for keeping the Green Party slate of statewide candidates off the ballot. However, he seemed poorly informed about the process.
The Wichita Eagle has this description of the August 25 hearing in Kobach v U.S. Election Assistance Commission, 14-3062. This is the case filed by Kansas and Arizona Secretaries of State over the federal voter registration form.