On June 11, New Jersey State Senator Brian Stack, a Democrat, introduced SB 4445. It would move all primaries from the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June, to the second Tuesday after the first Monday in June. If enacted, it would automatically extend the petition deadline for non-presidential minor party and independent candidates by a week.
On June 15, Iowa state officials removed three Libertarians from the ballot. They include the party’s nominees for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and U.S. House in one district. See this story.
No one questioned the validity of the signatures. Approximately 8,000 had been gathered for the ticket of Governor and Lieutenant Governor. The candidates expect to sue to reverse the decision.
The party is on for one other U.S. House seat, and for U.S. Senate.
On June 15, the Alaska Division of Elections ruled that the non-incumbent Dan Sullivan cannot be on the ballot for U.S. Senate in the August 18 primary, because of his motives. See this story.
The Albuquerque Journal has published an oped by Ken Miyagishima, an independent candidate for Governor of New Mexico. See it here.
On June 10, Michael Collier, an independent candidate for Lieutenant Governor, filed a federal lawsuit against the law that only gives him 30 days to collect 81,030 signatures. Normally independent candidates in Texas have 113 days to collect signatures. However, the law says if the office has a primary run-off, signatures can’t be collected until the day after the run-off. Collier v Nelson, w.d., 1:26cv-1574. Here is the Complaint.
