Georgia Democrats are about to sue the Secretary of State, to reverse the Secretary’s decision that puts Jill Stein, Cornel West, and Claudia De la Cruz on the ballot.
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On August 29 the Virginia State Board of Elections determined that three presidential petitions have enough valid signatures: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, Chase Oliver, and Jill Stein.
The Board is still working on verifying the petitions of Randall Terry, Claudia De la Cruz, and Shiva Ayyadurai.
The Board said Cornel West will not be on the ballot because of some unspecified paperwork error. The Department did not say if he had enough valid signatures or not.
On August 29, the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, agreed with the lower court that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., can’t be on the ballot. Here is the decision. Thanks to Joe Burns for the link.
On August 28, two Wyoming independent legislative candidates filed a lawsuit in state court, arguing that Wyoming’s “sore loser” law violates the Wyoming Constitution. See this story.
On August 28, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, heard Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ballot access appeal. See this story. There were five judges. Supreme Court Justices in New York are elected in partisan elections. Four of the five justices are Democrats. One is a Republican.
Only two of the judges participated in a meaningful way in the oral argument, including the one Republican and one of the Democrats.
If Kennedy had not withdrawn, he would have been on the ballot in every state except possibly New York, depending on how this case and his parallel federal case goes.