On April 24, some students at the University of Hawaii at Hilo filed a federal lawsuit, over the restrictions on passing out literature on campus. The University is a public school. The case is Burch v University of Hawaii System, 1:14cv-200.

The campus has a “free speech zone” that occupies only one-fourth of 1% of the total land area of the campus, and which has very little pedestrian traffic. The campus also allows some First Amendment activity at the Campus Center Plaza and the Library Lanai, but before those areas can be used, students must apply for permission seven working days (which is more than a week) in advance, and sometimes the administration takes weeks to respond to the request. Here is a copy of the 32-page complaint. Thanks to Darryl Perry for the link.

This May 4 Houston Chronicle story about the Texas Democratic run-off primary for U.S. Senate says that the LaRouche organization’s candidate, Kesha Rogers, has raised $53,366 in donations, whereas the party-endorsed candidate, David Alameel, has only raised $23,794 in donations (except for donations from himself).

Three states hold primaries on May 6: Indiana, North Carolina, and Ohio. They are the first primaries this year, other than the Illinois, Texas and District of Columbia primaries.

Both North Carolina and Ohio are holding primaries for more than just two parties. In North Carolina, the Libertarian Party has a contested primary for U.S. Senate. Any registered Libertarian, and any registered independent, can vote in that primary. The two major parties in North Carolina also let independent voters vote in their primaries.

The only other time North Carolina held a primary for the Libertarian Party was in 2012, when the party had a contested presidential primary. Almost 8,000 voters voted in the Libertarian 2012 primary.

Ohio is holding statwide primaries for the Libertarian Party and the Green Party, and primaries in certain parts of the state for the Constitution Party and the Socialist Party. No minor party in Ohio has any statewide candidates on its primary ballot, but the Green and Libertarian Parties have declared write-in candidates for some of the statewide offices: Governor for the Greens, and Secretary of State and Auditor for the Libertarians. Statewide candidates of the minor parties must poll 500 write-ins, in order to advance to November.

Although the Indiana Libertarian Party is ballot-qualified, it nominates by convention, not by primary.

Both Indiana and Ohio have open primaries. The voter registration forms in those two states do not ask voters to indicate partisan affiliation.