On April 8, Butch Ware appealed to the California State Court of Appeals, in Ware v Weber, the ballot access case. The Secretary of State has kept him off the June 2, 2026 primary ballot as the Green candidate for Governor. Now the case is called Ware v Superior Court, C106053.
Apparently, J. D. Vance couldn’t close the deal for him and the Fidesz Party in Hungary. Here is the Wikipedia article on yesterday’s Hungary parliamentary election.
Butch Ware, the Green Party candidate for Governor of California, is holding campaign events despite not being on the June 2 California primary ballot. His write-in votes will be tallied. See this.
On April 10, Hugh Lytle defeated one of the challenges to his spot on the ballot as a gubernatorial candidate in the Arizona Independent Party primary. Hourihan v Lytle, Maricopa Superior Court cv2026-014149. The challenger had first charged that Lytle didn’t have enough valid signatures on his primary petition, but he presented evidence that he did have enough. Then the challenger argued that some of his petitioners were not eligible to circulate because they were felons, but the challenger did not provide any evidence of that.
Another challenge to Lytle’s ballot access is pending. He put his business address on the petition instead of his home address. That case will probably be decided early next week.
On April 2, the Idaho legislature adjourned, without passing any of the bills to restore presidential primaries. Idaho last held presidential primaries in 2020.
