On October 28, the Republican National Committee asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, on the issue of whether voters can cast a provisional ballot if their original postal ballot is rejected. Republican National Committee v Genser, 24A408. Here is the filing.
On October 28, the Michigan Secretary of State filed this response in Kennedy v Benson, 24A405, the lawsuit over whether Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. should be permitted to withdraw in Michigan. Like the Wisconsin withdrawal case, this is in the U.S. Supreme Court.
On October 28, the Wisconsin Elections Commission filed this response in the lawsuit over whether Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. should be allowed to withdraw. Kennedy v Wisconsin Elections Commission, 24A399.
On Friday, October 25, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. asked the U.S. Supreme Court to let him withdraw from the ballot. Kennedy v Benson, 24A405. The basis is that the Secretary of State restored him to the ballot after the statutory deadline. The Michigan State Court of Appeals had let him withdraw, but then the State Supreme Court contramanded that. However the State Supreme Court order came down after the statutory deadline to change the list of candidates, and the State Supreme Court did not give permission for the Secretary of State to ignore that deadline.
The Federal Election Commission has sent Jill Stein $379,983 in primary season matching funds this year, and more is likely to follow. She is the only presidential candidate who received primary season matching funds this year, except for Mike Pence, who has received $1,128,977.
Candidates qualify for primary season matching funds if they raise at least $5,000 from each of twenty states. It doesn’t matter which party they are in. However, they can only match money that they raised during primary season, which ended in August. Independent presidential candidates can’t qualify for primary season matching funds.
The first minor party presidential candidate who ever received primary season matching funds was Sonia Johnson in 1984, while she was seeking the Citizens Party nomination.
